Tuesday

Quick & Easy Family Lasagne using Philadelphia Cream Cheese

500g beef mince
500g jar of prepared spaghetti sauce
250g block Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
250g packet of frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed
1 cup shredded parmesan plus an extra 1/4 cup for sprinkling on the top
1/2 cup milk
12 sheets lasagne (instant or fresh)


  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
  2. Brown the beef in a pan and add the spaghetti sauce.  Simmer for 15 minutes.
  3. Beat the cream cheese, spinach, milk and cup of parmesan together wiht an electric mixer until combined.
  4. Pour 1/3 of the meat mixture into the base of a rectangular ovenproof dish that has been greased.  Top with lasagne sheets and 1/3 of the spinach mixture.
  5. Continue layering until all meat and spinach mixture have been used.  Sprinkle the top with the extra parmesan.
  6. Cover dish with foil and bake for 45 minutes if using instant pasta or 20 minutes if using fresh pasta.
  7. Remove foil and bake for a further 15 minutes or until the top of golden.
Will feed 4-6 people.

The best accompaniment to this dish is a crisp, fresh salad to balance out the rich flavour of the hot lasagne.

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