Lightened Seafood Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 tablespoons smart balance butter spread
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 cups skim milk
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon cooking sherry
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 1 cup low fat cottage cheese
• 1 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 9 lasagna noodles, cooked
• 1/2 lb shrimp (i used small salad shrimp)
• 2 (6 ounce) cans crabmeat, drained and flaked
• 2 roma tomatoes (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 melt butter over medium heat. add flour, stirring with wire whisk until well blended. gradually add milk, mixing after each addition. bring to a boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. remove from heat. stir in parmesan cheese and set aside.
• 3 combine spinach, cottage cheese, nutmeg, and 2/3 c mozzarella in a bowl.
• 4 spread 1/4 of the parmesan sauce onto the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan. cover with 3 noodles and 1/2 each of the spinach mixture, crab, and shrimp. top with 1/4 of parmesan sauce. repeat layers, then finish with 3 noodles and 1/4 of parmesan sauce.
• 5 sprinkle top with remaining mozzarella.
• 6 cover and bake 25 minutes. uncover and bake another 20 minutes or until browned. let stand 10 minutes before cutting.