Black Bean Lasagna

Ingredients

9 Lasagna Noodles
2 15 oz cans of low sodium black beans
Non-Stick cooking spray
48 oz of home-made or jarred tomato sauce (2 jars)
1/4 cup of chopped cilantro
1 1/2 cups (12 oz) of low-fat cottage cheese
1 8 oz package of cream cheese
1/4 cup of sour cream

Instructions

  • Cook the lasagna noodles according to directions.
  • While the water is coming to a boil, rinse the black beans and add them to a pot large enough to hold them and the tomato sauce.
  • Mash the black beans with a potato masher until about 1/2 are mashed.
  • Add the tomato sauce and cilantro and heat through.
  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • Combine all three cheese and mix thoroughly.
  • Spray a 8 x 10 baking dish with the non-stick spray.
  • Spread a bit of the tomato sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
  • Add three lasagna noodle to cover the bottom of the dish.
  • Spread 1/3 of the cheese mixture onto the noodles.
  • Cover the cheese mixture with 1/3 of the sauce.
  • Repeat with another 2 layers of noodles, cheese, and sauce.
  • Bake in the oven at 350 for 40 minutes.