{"id":489,"date":"2009-07-29T12:13:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T12:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/07\/national-lasagna-day.html"},"modified":"2009-07-29T12:13:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T12:13:26","slug":"national-lasagna-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/07\/national-lasagna-day.html","title":{"rendered":"National Lasagna Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\">Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a> celebrates National Lasagna Day with a noodle and a prayer. Join her!<\/em><br \/>\nToday is <strong>National Lasagna Day<\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\">Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a> is in the kitchen, humming a happy tune, as she whips up her favorite dish &#8230; Lasagna, of course!  She wanted me to share her recipe with you.<br \/>\nBecause Our Lady of Weight Loss is often in conversation with divine forces, she isn&#8217;t always paying strict attention to what she is doing and her measurements and instructions are sometimes a bit foggy.  But hey, can&#8217;t have everything.  She is fun and she does keep weight loss &#8216;lite.&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>Our Lady of Weight Loss&#8217;s KICK TUSH LASAGNA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><br \/>\nLasagna noodles<br \/>\n1 container (15 ounces) low-fat ricotta cheese<br \/>\n1\/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese<br \/>\n1 egg, lightly beaten<br \/>\n2 egg whites, lightly beaten<br \/>\n2 jars marinara sauce (26 oz.) (read label &#8211; no more than 60 calories per serving)<br \/>\n1 bag (12 oz) shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese<br \/>\nsalt and pepper to taste<br \/>\n<strong>Instructions:<\/strong><br \/>\nPreheat oven to 375\u00b0F. Spray 13X9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.<br \/>\nCook pasta according to box; drain.<br \/>\nBeat egg whites and egg vigorously!<br \/>\nMix in ricotta, parmesan<br \/>\nFold in eggs<br \/>\nSalt and Pepper to taste.<br \/>\nPour 2 cups marinara sauce over bottom of prepared pan<br \/>\nPlace lasagna pasta strips on top of sauce<br \/>\nTop with half of ricotta mixture and 1 cup mozzarella<br \/>\nRepeat layers of marinara sauce, pasta and ricotta mixture.<br \/>\nTop with 1\/2 the bag of mozzarella, remaining marinara sauce and then finally the last of the mozzarella.<br \/>\nCover with foil; bake until bubbly. Uncover and bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is yum-delicious melted.<br \/>\nLet it &#8220;breathe&#8221; for 10 minutes or so before serving.<br \/>\nPray and give thanks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">We love our bread,<br \/>\nwe love our butter,<br \/>\nbut most of all,<br \/>\nwe love each other.<br \/>\nThanks for the grub.<br \/>\nAmen<\/div>\n<p>More scrumptious recipes from the Our Lady of Weight Loss Kitchen!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/07\/the-sweet-borscht-cure-end-sug.html\">This Borscht will end sugar cravings! 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