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Zucchini Lasagna

 

This veggie zucchini lasagna recipe is so good you won’t even miss the meat or the pasta! And it’s much healthier than regular lasagna because it’s pasta-free (lower carbs!), and includes fat-free ricotta cheese and part-skim mozzarella cheese. Great for vegetarians or those on a gluten-free diet.

I like to add fresh diced tomatoes to my sauce, but you’re also welcome to use canned diced tomatoes. To diced your own tomatoes, just steam them in a covered pot with 1 cup hot water for about 3 minutes until skin has split and a ring has formed around the top of the tomatoes, then peel skin, slice in half, discard seeds and chop into chunks.

I recommend using a mandoline slicer to slice the zucchini. It’s much easier to thinly slice than using a knife.

Zucchini Lasagna

Ingredients
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 cup diced tomatoes
  • 2 zucchinis
  • 3 tbsp white onion, diced
  • 1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup spinach leaves
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • ½ tsp olive oil, for grilling
  • Garlic powder, sea salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Instructions
  2. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  3. Heat ½ tsp olive oil in a skillet over low heat. Add diced onions and saute for 2-3 minutes until onions start to soften.
  4. Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, sea salt, pepper and garlic powder. Simmer on low heat for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
  5. Next, prepare the zucchini. Slice zucchini into thin slices using a mandoline slicer. Lightly salt and set aside for 5 minutes, then blot with power towel to remove moisture.
  6. Place on skillet and grill for 1 minute on each side, then blot again with paper towel.
  7. Last, stir ricotta cheese with egg in a medium bowl.
  8. Place a row of zucchini of the bottom of a square pan and layer with sauce, then layer with spinach leaves and ricotta cheese mixture.
  9. Repeat until ingredients are used up. Lasagna should have 2 rows of spinach & ricotta and 3 layers of zucchini & sauce.
  10. After third layer of zucchini and sauce, top with mozzarella cheese.
  11. Bake for 40 minutes.
  12. When lasagna is finished, drain water from bottom of pan.

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