August 27, 2022 18 Comments
Lasagna is a kind of meals that high favourite meals lists and so I got here up with baked zucchini lasagna to assist lighten this basic.
My son, not in contrast to Garfield, hasn’t met a lasagna he doesn’t like. Honestly, the child may eat his personal tray of the stuff if we let him (at all times making an attempt to get him to eat his salad earlier than he can have seconds, thirds, and many others.). I made a decision to replace my lasagna due to him.
My first thought was to drop the noodles and use zucchini as an alternative since it's a lot decrease in carbohydrates and energy (and I had seen many recipes for this model in lighter cookbooks).
Guess what I received?
I made a beautiful facet dish of tacky zucchini however NOONE (particularly my son) was tricked by the dearth of pasta noodles. “Mom, where is the lasagna? This is yucky.”
I needed to agree that it received too watery as a result of the zucchini “noodles” launched all of their liquid whereas cooking and it received a bit soupy. Also, the dish is so iconic that it's onerous to exchange the pasta with out turning it into one thing else.
I went again to the drafting board (or in my case the kitchen counter) and designed a lasagna with out meat and one layer of zucchini. Miraculously, my son didn’t discover the zucchini and I had successful on my fingers.
This isn’t going to win a “healthiest casserole” award however it's an enchancment over the calorie bomb that's regular lasagna. I make two of those at a time and freeze one for a later meal.
I really like cooking in my 9×13 casserole dish. Everyone has one and so I really feel like such a recipe is absolutely accessible..
My Mexican Zucchini Boats are one other fantastic method to make use of zucchini to lighten issues up. Last week, I shared my zucchini breakfast muffins and so they had been properly acquired.
Gotta love zucchini – it's so versatile and reasonably priced.
Sneaky Zucchini Lasagna
reprinted from Snack Girl to the Rescue!
Serves 8, 1 ¼ cups per serving
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Ingredients
1 (15-ounce) container part-skim ricotta cheese
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 giant egg
1 (25-ounce) jar tomato sauce, no cheese or sugar added (reminiscent of marinara sauce)
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced fire- roasted tomatoes with juice
1 giant zucchini, sliced lengthwise into 7 or 8 slices
6 no-boil lasagna noodles
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F levels.
Mix the ricotta, Parmesan, and egg in a small bowl. In one other bowl, mix the tomato sauce and diced tomatoes.
Pour 1 cup of the tomato combination right into a 9 × 13 × 2-inch casserole. Layer the entire zucchini slices over the sauce.
Dollop half the ricotta combination over the zucchini and high with one other cup of the tomato combination. Cover with 3 pasta sheets and unfold with the remainder of the ricotta combination. Add 1 cup sauce and high with the remaining 3 pasta sheets. Top with the remainder of the sauce and canopy with grated mozzarella.
Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes to complete melting the cheese. After taking the lasagna out of the oven, let it sit for five to 10 minutes to agency up.
Nutrition Facts
254 energy, 10.8 g fats, 5.7 g saturated fats, 24.3 g carbohydrates, 6.3 g sugar, 16.6 g protein, 2.5 g fiber, 644 mg sodium, 8 Freestyle SmartPts
Points values are calculated by Snack Girl and are supplied for info solely. See all Snack Girl Recipes