[Home]  [GFCF Recipe Index]  [Frugal Food Storage]  [Biblical Womanhood]  [Archived Recipe Index]  [Links] [New Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker]  [My Mother's Blog] Mock Lasagna 2 cups dry macaroni 8 ounces cream cheese 1 or 2 eggs 26 ounce can Spaghetti Sauce or about 3-cups homemade spaghetti sauce 15 ounce can Great Northern or Navy beans (about 1-1/2 cups cooked) 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 2 tablespoons Parmesan Cheese Prepare the macaroni according to package directions. Drain well and set aside until needed. Meanwhile, soften the cream cheese in the microwave, or by leaving it at room temperature for about an hour. Beat in the egg. Use 1 or 2 eggs, depending on the abundance of your egg supply. Set the cream cheese aside. Drain the beans and rinse them well. Combine the beans and spaghetti sauce in a medium bowl. Set aside. Oil a large casserole dish. Ladle in 1-cup of the spaghetti sauce and beans. Add half of the cooked macaroni. Spoon all of the cream cheese mixture over the macaroni. Smooth it out so it covers the macaroni evenly. Sprinkle 1-tablespoon of Parmesan cheese over the cream cheese mixture. Add the last of the macaroni. Top it with the rest of the spaghetti sauce and beans. Scatter the mozzarella cheese evenly over the sauce and finally sprinkle the last tablespoon of Parmesan cheese over all. Bake at 400* for about 30 minutes, or until it's bubbly and the cheese is melted and gooey. Makes 6 servings. This is a real family pleaser. They don't notice the beans much because they are the same color as the pasta and the cheese. It's very high in protein too, along with being super-cheap. Makes 6 servings. Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 454 Calories; 24g Fat (46.9% calories from fat); 19g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 130mg Cholesterol; 1055mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 2 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 4 Fat. Light Mock Lasagna<lightmocklasagna> Replace the cream cheese with Neufchatel, or Light Cream Cheese (70 calories per ounce). Use 1 egg instead of 2. Use a canned spaghetti sauce with no added sugar, Hunts makes a cheap one that tastes good too. Use part-skim mozzarella. Everything else stays the same. These few changes save almost 100 calories per servings, and the cost is about the same. Makes 6 servings. Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 357 Calories; 14g Fat (35.9% calories from fat); 19g Protein; 37g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber; 76mg Cholesterol; 907mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 2 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat. [Home]  [GFCF Recipe Index]  [Frugal Food Storage]  [Biblical Womanhood]  [Archived Recipe Index]  [Links] [New Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker]  [My Mother's Blog] GFCF = Gluten Free & Casein Free The Christian Counter © FrugalAbundance 2007-2008  :-)  And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.--1 Peter 4:8-10