After reading sauces and stocks last night (JOC pg. 35-59) I was a little overwhelmed by all the choices of stocks and sauces. I expected a very basic chapter — I was wrong.
Ironically, before I even read the chapter I decided my first sauce would be a simple tomato sauce. I’m having friends over for dinner and the tomato sauce would be the perfect addition to my favorite (and easy) Weight Watchers® lasagna recipe.
6 items dry lasagna noodles
16 oz fat-free ricotta cheese
28 oz bottled spaghetti sauce
4 oz part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 cup zucchini
1 cup mushroom(s)
Spray 11×7 baking dish with cooking spray.
Spread 1/3 of the sauce on bottom of dish. Arrange 3 noodles over the sauce. Top with another 1/3 of sauce,all of the ricotta cheese and the vegetables,and 1/2 the mozzerella cheese. Top with remaining 3 noodles and the remaining sauce.
Cover dish with foil. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour.
Remove foil and sprinkle with remaining cheese,bake for another 5 minutes.
Let stand 5 minutes before cutting.
Typically, 1/6 of the pan for this recipe is 6 points®, but since I’m adding my own sauce to the mix I wouldn’t trust that points analysis.
Ironically, the tomato sauces are not in the sauce recipe section at all — they are in the pasta section! To some this might seem logical. Not to me. I fully expected tomato sauce to be in the sauce section. Really? What were they thinking?
Doesn’t matter. I have my menu planned, it includes Italian Tomato Sauce — basic recipe (pg. 304), and I’m sticking to it.
Tomorrow, the verdict, and maybe some pictures — if I have batteries for my digital camera.
2 Comments
April 13, 2007 at 5:08 am
My verdict – outstanding! (and it’s our secret as to why
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April 20, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Congratulations on the 1st labyrinth baby! Love all your receipes. I may need to get your advice on cooking now that you are becoming so good at it. Your next receipes may be healthy baby foods. Keep up the good work.