A Recipe

I found this awesome recipe that has quickly become our favorite meal in our house. Pesto Vegetarian Lasagna. It's delish. I found it here. Yes, Bethany Frankel. If you don't know her she is was on the Real Housewives of New York City, but now has her own show Bethenny Getting Married? It's trash but I can't help it. She's just so funny and she has a new baby which makes me like her because she's a Mommy.

Anyway, I really like her recipes. She's a natural food chef. She has two bestsellers out there Naturally Thin and The Skinny Girl Dish. And she is really famous for her Skinny girl Margarita.


Here's the recipe:

• 8 ounces whole wheat lasagna noodles
• 15 ounces part-skim ricotta
• 1/3 cup chopped basil
• 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
• 1/3 cup packaged pesto
• 4 ounces shredded part-skim mozzarella

1. Preheat the oven to 350.  Cook the noodles according to the package directions.  Set aside.
2. Combine the ricotta, basil, and pine nuts in a small bowl.  Set aside.
3. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray.  Spread 1/3 of the pesto into the bottom of the pan.  Cover with half the noodles.  Spread half the herb-ricotta mixture over the noodles.
4. Repeat with another 1/3 of the pesto, the remaining noodles, the remaining ricotta-herb mixture, then cover the whole thing with the pesto.  Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top.
5. Bake for 30 – 45 minutes or until heated through and bubbling.

all via Bethenny

Happy Friday!