I really like this recipe, but the second time that I tried it, I made some changes. Instead of using cottage cheese, I used ricotta. I think it gave it a nicer texture, and survived the baking better than the cottage cheese. Also, I drained the spinach by placing it in a paper towel and sqeezing out the excess liquid. Otherwise, the dish becomes very watery.
We loved this recipe!! It had a great flavor and was very filling. A helpful hint squeeze your spinach dry. I used a hot italian suasage and added onions and garlic to the meat mixture. I also added a can of italian tomatoes (drained well). This dish is a hit and was fought over for lunch leftovers.:)
I was looking or something quick and easy to make for a potluck with ingredients around the house came up with this and it was great. I didn't have sausage so I used ground turkey with some extra italian spices and used about two cups of cooked pasta instead of half of the spinach. I also used a 14 oz can of diced tomatoes and a 4 oz can of tomato paste instead of the tomato sauce.
We have given up pasta bread etc. This low-carb recipe is just like lasagna without the pasta. I add more italian spice to it and have even used ricotta instead of cottage cheese. My husband loves it!!
Not bad. I used ricotta instead of cottage cheese. It was kind of flat but tasted good. Wasn't my favorite but I would probably make it again.
This was a pretty good recipe. I used fresh spinach as well as sauteed garlic & onion. I was a little unsure about using fresh spinach but it worked fine. Mine was a little bit soupy so we put it over the Asparagus Zucchini Rice recipe from this site. It made a suprisingly good combination.
I need to re-do this recipe a bit before 5-star rating. Definitely drain spinach on paper towel as suggested by another user--frozen spinach never drains well and leaves dish a bit soupy and more spinachy flavor than spinach haters would tolerate. I also would like to try ricotta rather than cottage cheese; even if it's more calories it is atkins friendly and will blend much better. The flavor was very good as is. I just want to work on the appearance and consistency of the final dish.
Really good. My husband is not a huge fan of cottage cheese so I used 1 c. of it and dotted the spinach mixture with 2 oz. of LF cream cheese. I used turkey sausage and all low-fat cheeses very successfully. Served over angel hair it was even better!
Very different and very tasty. I used two packages of creamed spinach rather than just plain spinach (and left out the eggs and cheese) for the bottom layer and then put the sausage on top. I left off the mozerralla and topped it with buttered breadcrumbs and parmesean cheese to add a crispy topping.
