Black Bean Lasagna

Portion size: 1 cup Number of portions: 11

Total recipe Weight: 4.13 lbs Total volume yield: 11.08 cups

Cost per serving: $1.21 Equipment: Medium pan, 2 large pots, knife, spatula, glass baking dish

Black Bean Lasagna

Ingredients Unit Volume Weight Method
cost Measure
Ground Chicken $4.29 2 cups 16 oz AP In a large skillet or pan over medium heat, cook
AP 14.4 oz and crumble ground chicken until no longer
1.8 cup EP pink. Drain any excess liquid from pan
EP
(10%
cook
Loss)
Tomato Sauce $1.68 1.5 cups 12 oz In a large pot mix tomato sauce and tomato
paste. Add cooked ground chicken and next 5
Tomato Paste $.98 ¾ cup 6 oz ingredients. Stir mixture and bring to a boil over
medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer
Garlic Cloves $.38 2 cloves .33 oz uncovered for 20 minutes up to 1 hour stirring
occasionally.
Granulated sugar $.006 1 tsp .30 oz

Italian seasoning $.16 1 tbsp .17 oz

Table salt Not .5 tsp .11 oz

sig.
Ground pepper .5 stp .04 oz

Whole wheat 6 4.8 oz Fill large pot with water and bring to a boil over
lasagna noodles $.32 noodles AP medium-high heat. Once boiling, add lasagna
1 ¼ cups 9.6 oz noodles and cook until they are just beginning to
AP cooked soften and bend. Remove from heat and run
2 ½ cup under cold water to stop cooking.
cooked
Egg whites $.28 ¼ cup 2 oz While sauce mixture is simmering; in a large
bowl lightly beat egg whites. Mince and add
Parsley $.19 1 ¾ cups 2.4 oz parsley to egg whites along with cottage cheese.

1% Cottage $1.25 1 cup 8 oz Preheat oven to 375 degrees if using a

cheese conventional oven or 350 degrees if using a
convection oven.
Fresh mozzarella $2.79 1 1/3 6 oz
cheese cups Cut fresh mozzarella log into thin rounds, no
more than a ¼” thick. Set aside for layering of
dish.
Canned black $.40 1 ¼ cup 8 oz In a small pot heat black beans over medium
beans heat until cooked. Drain liquid and manually
mash or puree in blender. Add water as
necessary to achieve an easily spreadable
consistency.

Spread 1/3 to ½ (depending on how many layers

you want) of meat sauce mixture onto bottom
of glass baking dish. Cover with a layer of
lasagna noodles. Spread layer of cottage cheese
and egg white mixture on top of noodles,
followed by the black bean puree. Then add
another layer of meat sauce mixture. Place fresh
mozzarella rounds on top of sauce mixture and
place another layer of noodles on top. Add
remaining cottage cheese mixture on top of
noodles followed the remaining meat sauce
mixture. Cover top of lasagna with the rest of
the mozzarella rounds and bake for 50 minutes.
*if mozzarella begins to burn cover with tinfoil.
Baking times may vary based on depth of dish
and style of oven.

Totals: 13.37 11.08 66.15 oz

cups AP
11 cups
AP