I am just going to title this week “Everyday Food by Martha Stewart Week.” Why you ask?
There are four recipes that will probably go up this week from that magazine. This is the first. See, I LOVE Everyday Food. I get the magazine, use the iPhone app, and often search for the recipes on the Martha Stewart website. Everyday Food is Martha’s version of “quick & easy.” If you are familiar with the Martha Stewart cookbooks {like me and own almost all of them} then you know her recipes usually take a little longer to make. Everyday Food is usually an hour or less which is perfect when you have a newborn {and your life is now measured in two or so hour increments}.
Zucchini Lasagna {slightly modified from Everyday Food}
Ingredients:
- olive oil, for baking dish
- 8 ounces fat free cream cheese, room temperature
- 15 oz part skim ricotta cheese
- 2 medium zucchini
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 6 no boil lasagna noodles
- 1/2 cup part skim mozzarella cheese
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly oil an 8×8 baking dish & set aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together cream cheese and ricotta; season with salt and pepper.
- Cut the zucchinis in half. Then slice into thin pieces.
- Spread 1/3 zucchini mixture in prepared baking dish & top with oregano; top with two lasagna noodles, then 1/3 ricotta mixture.
- Repeat twice with remaining zucchini mixture, noodles, and ricotta mixture, finishing with the ricotta mixture. Sprinkle with mozzarella.
- Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil & cook for 35 minutes. Remove the foil & cook for another 20 minutes until cheese is brown. Let sit 10 minutes before serving.
Grade: A-
Comments: This was my first time using no boil lasagna noodles, and they were pretty good. I’d probably just use regular ones next time {for any lasagna honestly}. This dish turned out to be very delicious. The zucchini by itself was a great idea, and the cheeses complemented it perfectly! The recipe on the Martha Stewart website says it makes 4 servings, but we cut it into 9 pieces. 4 servings would mean the pieces were HUGE. This was a fabulous summer dish!
