Low Fat Spinach Lasagna

Ingredients:

12 uncooked lasagna noodles
nonstick cooking spray
Red Pepper & Spinach Chicken Sausage (or whatever kind of sausage you want) - about 4 links, sliced (next time, I will cut the sausage into smaller pieces, perhaps into 4ths or 6ths)
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced (I used more)
1 can (14 1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, drained
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 tsp. chopped fresh basil (I used dry basil)
1/2 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary (I used dry rosemary)
pinch ground red pepper
1 1/2 cups low-far cottage cheese or reduced-fat ricotta cheese
1/4 cup grated Romato or Parmesan cheese
2 egg whites
3 tbsp. fine dry bread crumbs
1 pkg. forzen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained (I used fresh spinach)
3/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (maybe more)
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley


Directions:

1. Prepare noodles according to package directions.
2. Coat large skillet with cooking spray. Add sausage, mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook and stir over medium heat until vegetables are tender. Stir in diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, basil, rosemary, and red pepper. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered 10 minutes, stirring occationally.
3. Preheat oven to350. Combine ricotta cheese, romano cheese, egg whites, and bread crumb in medium bowl. (I will add a little salt next time too.) Stir spinach into cottage cheese mixture. Spread 2 tablespoons tomato sauce in bottom of ungreased 8-inch square baking dish. Layer noodles over sauce, overlapping slightly. Top with ricotta cheese mixture, and then with sauce. Repeat.
4. Cover and bake 45 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake uncovered 2-3 more minutes or until cheese melts. Sprinkle with parsley. Let stand 10 minutes. (I added cheese and parsley on top before I cooked it).

Notes:
1. I added mozzarella cheese between the layers too.
2. This makes for a really generously sized 8-inch square lasagna. I actually made one 8-inch square lasagna, and then another smaller lasagna in a loaf pan. If you multiple the recipe by 1.5, you could probably make a full size, rectangle lasagna.

This recipe came from the Casual Gourmet Roasted Red Pepper and Spinach Sausage package we bought from CostCo.