The Simple Things.... Pesto Chicken Lasagne

This lasagne is SO yummy! It's great with a fresh green salad.

I love its simplicity. You see, we love lasagne in this house, but I'm not keen on all the washing up! I have a dishwasher, which makes life easy, but sometimes I just don't feel like making bolognese and bechamel as well...

So, this super easy lasagne is just right for those times when you want lasagne but without all the work and the pesto gives this lasagne such a lovely flavour.

To make it you will need...

2 cups of tomato passata
1 tbs olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 small carrot, grated
1 small zucchini, grated
500g chicken mince
1/2 cup water
3 tbs basil pesto (I use the Coles brand from a jar)
1 packet of fresh lasagne sheets
Small tub (250g) of ricotta cheese
Up to 1 cup of milk
1/2 cup of parmesan cheese


Preheat your oven to 200 degrees and spread half a cup of passata over the bottom of your dish.

Heat your oil then add onion, carrot, zucchini and garlic and cook, stiring for a few minutes until the vegies have softened.

Add the mince, stiring to break up any lumps and cook until it changes colour, then reduce the heat to medium and add the remaining passata and water. Simmer, uncovered - stiring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until the sauce thickens.

Then remove from the heat and stir in the pesto.

Place a single layer of lasagne sheets over the base of your dish and then top with a third of the sauce. Repeat two more layers finishing with pasta sheets on the top layer.

Whisk ricotta and enough milk together in a bowl until you have the consistency of a traditional bechamel sauce. The amount of milk you will need will depend on the ricotta you use. I buy the extra light version and so less milk is needed.

Spoon the ricotta and milk mixture over the lasagne sheets and smooth over. Then sprinkle with parmesan cheese and bake for about 45 minutes or until cooked through and the cheese is golden.

Stand 10 minutes before cutting into pieces. Serve with a green salad.

** This lasagne serves 6