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Eggplant Parmesan Lasagna Lower Fat

This tastes just like the classic eggplant parmesan layered between noodles, four cheeses and tomato sauce! Serve with a side salad and some garlic bread for a wonderful meal. Originally from a may 2001 food section in the houston chronicle

Steps

Preheat oven to 450.
Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a small bowl , combine 2 egg whites and egg , stirring with a whisk.
Dredge eggplant slice in flour , dip in egg mixture , and dredge in breadcrumbs.
Repeat procedure with remaining eggplant , flour , egg mixture and breadcrumbs.
Place slices in a single layer on the baking sheet.
Coat tops of slices with cooking spray and bake 20 minutes , turning over after 10 minutes.
Remove from baking sheet and cool.
Reduce oven temperature to 375.
In a large bowl , combine 1 cup mozzarella cheese , 3 tablespoons parmesan , oregano , basil , ricotta , cottage cheese and remaining egg white and mix well.
Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Spread 1 / 4 cup pasta sauce in the bottom of dish.
Arrange 4 lasagna noodles slightly overlapping over the pasta sauce.
Top with half of cheese mixture , half of eggplant slices and 3 / 4 cup pasta sauce.
Repeat layers , ending with noodles.
Spread remaining pasta sauce.

Ingredients

egg whites, egg, eggplant, flour, italian seasoned breadcrumbs, olive oil flavored cooking spray, part-skim mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, dried oregano, dried basil, part-skim ricotta cheese, 1% fat cottage cheese, fat free tomato basil pasta sauce, lasagna noodles