Low Cal Beef Lasagna-very filling!

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rpantusa
rpantusa Posts: 267 Member
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1 LB 96% lean ground Beef
1/4 cup white onion chopped
1 Container Prego Heart smart traditional sauce
1 4/5 cups low fat ricotta cheese
4 oz fat free cream cheese
1 egg
4oz oven ready lasagna noodles
1 cup 2% reduced fat Mozzarella shredded cheese

Cook ground beef and onions, and add prego sauce.
in another bowl mix with mixer, ricotta cheese, cream cheese, and egg
in a square pan, put a thin layer of sauce and meat mixture on the bottom,
then layer, 2 noodles, ricotta cheese mixture, then meat sauce. repeat twice.
you should get 3 layers, ending with meat sauce.

Cover with foil and bake on 350 for 40 minutes

Sprinkle top with 1 cup mozzarella cheese and bake uncovered an additional 10 minutes.

6 Servings
318 calories per serving
9 Grams of fat
30 carbs
32 grams of protein
579 Sodium
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  • teepuppylove
    teepuppylove Posts: 48 Member
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    Good idea! If you wanted to lighten the recipe a bit more you could do every other layer with eggplant and spinach instead of noodles. I found adding extra veggies into lasagna lower the calories and up the fiber!

    Quick question though, what is the cream cheese for? Is it mixed with the ricotta because it has less calories or just a different texture?

    Thanks for the ideas and post!
    Tabby
  • rpantusa
    rpantusa Posts: 267 Member
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    my family has always made lasagna with cream cheese added, i just like the taste. :) and yes my friend said she uses zucchini in place of the noodles, I may try that next time, she said she prefers it that way! :smile:
  • Nurse_Christy
    Nurse_Christy Posts: 276 Member
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  • valeriemholden
    valeriemholden Posts: 27 Member
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    Yum!
  • joanneg572
    joanneg572 Posts: 54 Member
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    Thanks for the great recipe!
    Questions: What size square pan did you use? 8x8?
    Do you use 6 lasagna noodles in total?
    Cheers, Jo:flowerforyou:
  • LuckyDucky73
    LuckyDucky73 Posts: 29
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  • rpantusa
    rpantusa Posts: 267 Member
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    Thanks for the great recipe!
    Questions: What size square pan did you use? 8x8?
    Do you use 6 lasagna noodles in total?
    Cheers, Jo:flowerforyou:


    yes i used 8x8 and i only used 6 noodles :smile:
  • aimeelou2323
    aimeelou2323 Posts: 19 Member
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    bump!
  • larabell69
    larabell69 Posts: 61
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    bump!
  • ladyjh578
    ladyjh578 Posts: 207
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  • Bonita_Lynne_58
    Bonita_Lynne_58 Posts: 2,845 Member
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    How many servings does this make?

    We love lasagna so may try it at home Tuesday.
  • dakitten2
    dakitten2 Posts: 888 Member
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    How many servings does this make?

    We love lasagna so may try it at home Tuesday.

    The OP says 6 my silly friend. haha I saw you had commented on this one and had to come check it out. Looks yummy to me. Gonna add it to my list to try.
  • RILEYRED
    RILEYRED Posts: 647 Member
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    Mouth watering, thanks!!
  • queenbea77
    queenbea77 Posts: 404 Member
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    I mix my ricotta cheese with cottage cheese. When its just DH & I instead of noodles I slice zucchini & yellow squash ( I'll have to add spinach too next time). But if all of the kids (& their spouses, & grand kids) come over its the regular version with noodles. My family is so large i have to do it in the big blue turkey roasting pan. Regardless of which version I make I use low fat or lite on all of the cheeses. Always have & kids don't care. And my ground beef is 99% lean. Maybe I'll pick up some squash & do this next weekend. Thanks for the reminder of how good this is!
  • dakitten2
    dakitten2 Posts: 888 Member
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    Is there only one size jar of that particular Prego sauce? I know some come in family size or regular size?
  • katymw3
    katymw3 Posts: 1
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    this sounds delicious! the only problem is i might end up eating the whole pan....i love lasagna, its my fave food! gonna try this recipe this week.
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    Cream cheese in lasagna? Horrible blasphemy.
  • joyundefined
    joyundefined Posts: 56
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    Sweet!! Thanks for this! A friend requested I make him some when we go fishing, so this will be a great time to try it out! Thanks! :)
  • ms_leanne
    ms_leanne Posts: 523
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    You could replace the lasagne pasta sheets with leeks. Basically slice down the middle and blanche to create sheets.

    It was a success for two dieting TV chefs here in the UK last year.

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