Quinoa Lasagna

monocot

1 can diced tomatoes(low sodium) or 4 roma tomatoes, chopped
1 lb hamburger or veggie burger or Ground Lean Turkey
2-8 oz cans tomato sauce- Low Sodium
3 cups quinoa, cooked
1/4 lb mozzarella cheese, Low Fat
1/4 cup or less olive oil
1 tsp salt ( I don't add this)
2 tsp oregano
1 cup onion, minced
1/2 lb ricotta cheese( light or Light cottage cheese)
2 cloves garlic, minced
Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until browned. Add hamburger, cook until browned. Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, salt and oregano. Simmer. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put layer of this sauce in bottom of 13x9x2-1/2" baking dish, following with layer of quinoa and layer of cheese. Repeat two more layers ending with sauce an extra mozza on top. Bake about 35 minutes. Serves 6-8.

This one is great to add veggies to. Add all the veggies you love like mushrooms, peppers, even grated carrot. Just sautee it the same time as the onion.
Also for all teh cheeses use Light. and low sodium tomatoes are great.
Some people take zucchini and slice it long and thin and use it like lasagna noodles but thats not my kind of thing.

piperjon

Yum! Love quinoa, always looking for something original to do with it. And this definitely qualifies!
Pj

MissMaryMac33

I love Quinoa so I can't wait to try this ... any chance you created a recipe and know the nutritional info already?
If not, I'll be adding one soon! I just got some ground turkey and was looking for something to do with it ---- I made turkey/quinoa/veggie meatloaf last time and it was yummy too. Thanks!

Jessicaruby

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kutechick

This sounds great, I think I will give it a try.


Thanks for sharing!!

Kelhulsey72

WOW thanks for sharing! This sounds really yummy!

monocot

Sorry I always forget to add it.
Serves 8
300 Calories per serving.
29 carbs
8 Fat
30 protein
5 fiber

added it to the database. as Turkey Quinoa Lasagna.

Jade_Butterfly

Looks totally amazing . . . thank you so much~

paxetamore

Some people take zucchini and slice it long and thin and use it like lasagna noodles but thats not my kind of thing.

long slice of eggplant work at this too! yum!
(hint for those averse to the bitterness of eggplant, buy the "males" with fewer seeds, looking for a dime shaped discoloration indent near the stem instead of the oblong trait of the female veg, then coat slices with coarse salt and let sit in a colander for a 10 mins or so, then rinse with cold water, and voila!)

thanks for the recipe friend!

lilyinlove

Great idea, was planning on making one yesterday. Bump for later use

meggers123

yum! bump.

Marjorielk

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partonsara

sounds great! thanks!

hoop77

definitely need to try this!

jojopel

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cherylaclark

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ressa8

Sounds awesome!
bump!

2youngatheart

:flowerforyou: bump

Angellore

I've got a bag of quinoa at home, i'll be making this. Thanks for posting.

floshideaway

That sounds really good, quinoa is my favorite grain. Do you know if this can be frozen? I could see myself make a lot of it with with all the different options (zucchini, eggplant)

MissMaryMac33

Just wanted to thank you for this recipe -- I made with a few tweaks and love it!
Definitely a keeper -- I added a bunch of mushrooms, zucchini, carrots, greek yogurt and no cottage cheese.
Cheers!

monocot

It Freezes Great!. I love putting it in Portion Size containers and just popping it in the oven when i get home from work!,
Glad you liked it MissMaryMac33, I always add a ton of veggies in mine as well!.

calamitydown

BUMP!