Name: Light Spinach Lasagna with Creamy Cauliflower Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 packages Frozen Spinach (approx. 10 Oz. Each), Thawed And Wrung Dry; 1 cup Part-skim Ricotta Cheese; 1 cup Low Fat Milk; 3 cups Salt And Pepper, to taste; 6 whole Cauliflower Sauce (see Note Below); 1 cup Lasagna Noodles (no Boil, Oven Ready Style); 1 cup Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded

Why it works: Spinach and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 117 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Light Spinach Lasagna with Creamy Cauliflower Sauce

Serves 6

Prep20 min

Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

3 packages Frozen Spinach (approx. 10 Oz. Each), Thawed And Wrung Dry
1 cup Part-skim Ricotta Cheese
1 cup Low Fat Milk
3 cups Salt And Pepper, to taste
6 whole Cauliflower Sauce (see Note Below)
1 cup Lasagna Noodles (no Boil, Oven Ready Style)
1 cup Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

476Calories

30 gProtein

25 gFat

32 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Lasagna	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Spinach + cauliflowertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together117 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Spinach + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,400 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Pepper + cauliflowertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,113 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Ricotta cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together371 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Spinach + ricotta cheesetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together250 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, ricotta cheese, milk, pepper, sauce, mozzarella cheese):

Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Eggplantfits better
Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, ricotta cheese, milk, pepper, sauce, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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