A new cooking technique for the good-old lasagna? This spinach mushroom lasagna is layered with spinach, mushrooms, garlic and cheeses and then pressure cooked in the Instant Pot! Soft-cooked noodles with the goodness of sautéed vegetables, cheese and spices makes it a delicious and filling meal.
This spinach mushroom lasagna was on our repeat recipe past summer. Not having to heat-up the house with the oven was a big bonus. But now that we are in the cooler weather, this still remains to be our go-to lasagna recipe. It is hassle-free with the no-boil lasagna noodles and cooked to perfection in the Instant Pot. A great make ahead dish that can be warmed up in the Instant Pot or oven.
We start with sautéing onions, garlic, frozen chopped spinach and mushrooms in the Instant Pot. Discard any excess liquids, and reserve the veggies.
Next, mix up the cheese, we loves ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan. We always skip egg but feel-free to add one to the cheeses. A jar of marinara sauce and no-boil lasagna sheets.
A 7″ cake push pan works great for this recipe but feel free to use a pyrex bowl or a spring foam pan.
How to assemble the spinach mushroom lasagna:
- Start with 3 sheets for the first layer broken into 3-4 pieces. Line up the broken lasagna sheets in the circular pan
- Spread half a cup of marinara sauce over the noodles
- Spread half of the sautéed veggies
- Spread half of the cheese mix
Repeat the above steps one more time and you are ready for the final top layer! Spread the remaining 3 lasagna sheets, tomato sauce and the reserved mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Thats all! Cover the pan with an aluminum foil so the water from the Instant Pot does not get in the lasagna pan. Place the pan on the trivet.
Add one cup of water to the Instant Pot insert. Place the trivet carefully in the Instant Pot. Set the Instant Pot to manual/pressure cook (hi) for 20 minutes. Allow the pressure to release naturally and you are ready to enjoy the lasagna!
Note: You can also broil the pasta for the crispy top, but we have not once had patience to do this step!
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spinach mushroom lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion diced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 8 oz white mushrooms diced, about 2 cups
- 3 cups frozen chopped spinach
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
- 9 no-boil oven ready lasagna sheets
- 1-½ cup marinara sauce
- 1-½ cup part-skim mozzarella cheese divided
- ½ cup parmesan cheese divided
- 1 cup low fat ricotta cheese
Instructions
- Set Instant Pot to saute(more) mode. Add oil, onions and garlic. Mix well and cook covered with a glass lid for 2 mins.
- Add mushrooms, spinach and red pepper flakes. Cook for another 2 mins.
- Take out the sauted vegetables , draining excess liquids. Keep aside.
- Quick rinse the Instant Pot insert and dry well both inside and outside.
- Mix ricotta cheese, ¼ cup of parmesan and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese and keep aside.
- Add 1 cup of water to the Instant Pot insert. Use the 7” fat daddios cake push pan or similar cake pan.
- Break 3 pasta sheets and arrange them evenly in the cake pan. Spread ½ cup of pasta sauce over it. Spread half of the spinach-mushroom mixture over the sauce. Spread half of the mixed cheese evenly.
- Repeat the above starting with pasta, sauce, veggies and cheese.
- Layer the remaining 3 pasta sheets and tomato sauce. Sprinkle ½ cup of mozzarella and remaining parmesan cheese on top.
- Cover the cake pan with aluminum foil. Put the cake pan on the trivet and carefully place the trivet inside the Instant Pot. Close Instant Pot with pressure valve to sealing.
- Cook on Manual(Hi) for 20 mins followed by 10 mins NPR.
- Open Instant Pot and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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Author: Archana
Hey there! I am a techie turned recipe developer, cooking instructor, and food blogger. I love food and enjoy developing easy and healthy recipes for busy lifestyles. I live in New Jersey with my husband and two sons.
Kalbap says
Archana, I liked this lasagna recipe because it serves 4 and uses oven-ready/no boil pasta.
For the veggie filling-using frozen chopped spinach makes it easy. Also I suggest using Trader Joe’s frozen mushroom medley and throw in frozen corn and frozen spiralized carrots for color.
What was challenging in this recipe was trying to fit rectangular pasta sheets in a round container. In this case a video would have definitely helped. I agree though layering the pasta sheets was clumsy and not quite perfect -in the cooked end result no one could tell.
Yes making this dish in the instapot is really no sweat if you are cooking for 4!
I wonder if “whole grain/whole wheat” oven ready/no boil lasagna sheets are available in the stores? That would make it even more nutritious.
Archana says
Thank you Kalyani! Great idea to use TJ’s frozen mushroom medley and other veggies. I struggled fitting the long pasta sheets in a circular pan too. Hopefully they will make round pasta sheets!
Nina says
To use the frozen mushroom medley and spiralized carrots, do I need to thaw or cook these first, or just add them in frozen and cook in instant pot per Archana’s instructions?
Archana says
I would thaw them and then add
Dana says
Would this work with regular gluten-free (rice) lasagna noodles?
Archana says
Hi Dana, I have not tried with rice noodle, but I think they should work
Ketaki says
Hi Archana , what does npr mean?
Archana says
Natural pressure release. You let the steam release gradually after the pressure cooking cycle is completed
Nina says
I don’t have a 7″ cakepan but the pan you use in the pictures looks kind of like the metal insert for my old rice cooker (from my pre-IP days)…could I make prep the lasagna in that and place it on a trivet in the IP? Thanks!
Archana says
Yes!!
Gayatri says
Your recipes are always on point! This looks delish! Do you have a preferred store bought Marinara sauce? I have not found the “one” yet.
Archana says
Yes Rao’s marinara is delicious and so is Trader Joe’s
Diane S Comforti says
This recipe tasted delicious. The combination of the different layers with noodles, vegetables, cheeses (and I used an egg also) and sauce was yummy but I had a couple of issues to share. To start, I used frozen chopped spinach in a box and it was a frozen block when I did the sauté step. It probably took 15 minutes to sauté and generated a lot of water…I am guessing the solution is to use frozen spinach in a bag instead? My noodles were hard in places around the edges…I was a little tricky to layer the square noodles in the round pan. I did need to let the pan cool before removing and serving since it is pretty hot when it comes out of the instant pot.
I will definitely make this lasagna again though. My family ate the whole dish! I usually use Rao sauce but it was sold out so I used the Ragu Traditional Marinara sauce and it was fine.
Archana says
Thank you for the detailed feedback. I agree trying to arrange square pieces in a round pan can be tricky. Also make sure all the pasta is covered with sauce.