{"id":7972,"date":"2025-01-16T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=7972"},"modified":"2025-01-16T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:42:24","slug":"mini-lasagnas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=7972","title":{"rendered":"Mini Lasagnas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ingredients:<br><\/strong>12 lasagna noodles (or wonton wrappers for a shortcut)<br>1 lb (450 g) ground beef or Italian sausage (or use a meat substitute for vegetarian)<br>1 jar (24 oz or 680 g) marinara sauce<br>1 cup ricotta cheese<br>1 egg<br>1\/2 teaspoon garlic powder<br>1\/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning<br>Salt and black pepper, to taste<br>1 1\/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese<br>1\/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese<br>Fresh basil or parsley for garnish (optional)<br>Instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preheat the Oven:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preheat your oven to 375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C). Grease a standard 12-cup muffin tin.<br>Cook the Noodles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boil the lasagna noodles according to the package instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Once cooked, drain and cut each noodle into thirds, creating small squares that will fit into the muffin tin. (Alternatively, use wonton wrappers to skip this step.)<br>Prepare the Meat Sauce:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a skillet, brown the ground beef or sausage over medium heat, breaking it up with a spatula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Once cooked through, drain any excess fat.<br>Add the marinara sauce to the cooked meat, stirring to combine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let the sauce simmer for 5-7 minutes, then remove from heat.<br>Make the Ricotta Filling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Continued on the next page<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, egg, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.<br>Assemble the Mini Lasagnas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Place a square of cooked lasagna noodle (or a wonton wrapper) in the bottom of each muffin cup.<br>Add a spoonful of the ricotta mixture, followed by a spoonful of meat sauce.<br>Sprinkle a little mozzarella cheese on top, then repeat the layers with another noodle square, ricotta, meat sauce, and mozzarella.<br>Finish with a final layer of noodle, a spoonful of meat sauce, and a generous sprinkle of both mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.<br>Bake:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover the muffin tin with foil and bake for 15 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and golden.<br>Serve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let the mini lasagnas cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes, then use a knife to carefully lift them out.<br>Garnish with fresh basil or parsley, and serve hot!<br>These mini lasagnas are great for dinner, parties, or meal prepping<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients:12 lasagna noodles (or wonton wrappers for a shortcut)1 lb (450 g) ground beef or Italian sausage (or use a meat substitute for vegetarian)1 jar (24 oz or 680 g) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7974,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7972\/revisions\/7974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}