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Zucchini Lasagna

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Picture it... you've just come home from a busy day at the office, it seemed that nothing went right today and all you want to do is bury yourself in a tub of chocolate ice cream or a vat of homemade macaroni and cheese. WAIT! DO NOT DO THIS! It will only make you feel worse. Turn your day from bad to fabulous with my newest recipe - Clean Comfort Zucchini Lasagna. There are no pasta noodles or ricotta cheese, but it's packed with protein and sure to be your new go-to clean comfort food! (Note: It's gluten free and has no added sugar if you pick the right spaghetti sauce - see below)

Clean Comfort Zucchini Lasagna

Ingredients:

  • 1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 lb 99% fat free ground turkey breast
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 3 large or 4 small zucchini, sliced thinly lengthwise
  • 24 oz low-fat or 1% or 2% cottage cheese
  • 1 jar of spaghetti sauce (I just discovered Monte Bene sauce... NO SUGAR and all fresh ingredients, absolutely nothing I couldn't pronounce!)
  • Non-fat or low-fat mozzarella cheese, shredded (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Combine onion, ground turkey breast, sea salt, black pepper and garlic powder in a skillet over medium heat, cooking the turkey until it is no longer pink.

3. Layer zucchini in the bottom of your lasagna pan (I would suggest a more substantial pan, such as ceramic) just as you would lasagna noodles, covering any gaps with additional slices of zucchini.

4. Spread 12 oz of cottage cheese over the layer of zucchini.

5. Add ground turkey mixture over cottage cheese, careful to spread turkey evenly.

6. Layer approximately 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce over the cottage cheese and turkey mixture.

7. Repeat steps 2-5.

8. Place your last layer of zucchini over the second layer of cottage cheese, turkey mixture and cottage cheese.

9. Top with tomato spaghetti sauce and add shredded cheese.

10. Cover with tinfoil and bake in oven for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

11. Remove tinfoil and bake for an additional 5 minutes at 350 degrees to brown cheese.

12. Let rest for approximately 10 minutes and Enjoy!

He & She Tip: This lasagna will be a little runny because of the consistency of the tomato sauce, moisture in the cottage cheese and the amount of water that zucchini hold. I found that I just scooped out my lasagna and the excess liquid stayed in my pan.