Lasagne or Cannelloni

This is my very favorite Lasagne recipe I found the idea in a weight watchers magazine years ago and converted it into what suited me, now its a well loved recipe in my kitchen.


Meat and Vegetable Ingredients
1 jar cheap store pasta sauce , with this sauce you use it to coat the bottom of your pasta pan, my friend Jen taught me this trick and it worked perfectly,  if you add a thin layer of sauce onto the bottom of the pan and then a layer of pasta, the sauce is soaked up so you get a good serve of the great home made Pasta sause with your Lasahne and it doesnt stick to the bottom of the tray, also making serving easier, what ever left over jar sauce you have add later to your mixture as directed, sounds time consuming but works perfectly.


1 jar tomato based relish or chutney, I used a vegatble relish with capsicum and eggplant also and its delish.
1 Pac Turkey mince - gently cook in a frypan  till brown, then put into large mixing bowl waiting for other ingredients.
2 large onions diced - saute in frypan with celery.
teaspoon crushed garlic.
1 pac sliced mushrooms (dice small) add garlic and saute in frypan
1/2 a bunch celery -  finely chop mix with the onions and saute in frypan
1 large bunch Silverbeet or spinach - finely chop and saute til soft in a frypan
1/4 a pumkin, - cut up microwaved and mashed.


Add all these ingredients into the one bowl when cooked and mix well, add your left over store brought sauce now also mix really well together and set aside ready to layer.
 
CHEESE MIXTURE
1 pac Philly cheese light.
1 pac Cottage Cheese.
2 cups grated cheese any flavour you like
and a little left to sprinkle on top.


Mix the 3 cheese together really well,
I get them out early to have at room temperature. that way they mix easier,


Now enjoy layering your creation and bake in a moderate oven for around 30 minutes until golden brown and smelling wonderful.

** The lovely Jen, whose kitchen we were cooking this in at the time, also decided this mixture would make a yummy Cannelloni so she promptly layered a tray with sauce and started stuffing cannelloni shells then added a layer of cheese ready for the oven, another wonderful pasta dish made also