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    Lasagna for Under 200 kcal!

    Posts: 147 Member
    edited February 22 in Recipes
    That's right... I came across this recipe and couldn't believe it until I made it. It makes a massive amount of food to the point where the entire tray is barely over 400 kcal

    Peel two green zucchini and discard the skin... Using he peeler, continue to peel the rest of the zucchini into strips.

    Place a layer of zucchini in a glass pan or a bread pan.
    For the next layer, use some skim milk ricotta or fat free ricotta cheese.
    Another zucchini layer
    Layer some fresh or frozen chopped spinach leaves
    Another zucchini layer
    Browned 99% fat free ground turkey
    Another zucchini layer.
    Add more of the same layers as needed to reach the top of your pan and/or finish the zucchini
    Top with some tomato sauce and bake at 350 for about 45 mins.

    Unreal! Zucchini will taste just like noodles and the whole dish is insanely healthy and yummy.

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    • Posts: 26 Member
      Worth a try! :smile:
    • Posts: 422 Member
      I'll give this a try. I really miss pasta.
    • Posts: 3,473 Member
      And Italians everywhere wept.
    • Posts: 7,010 Member
      That's right... I came across this recipe and couldn't believe it until I made it. It makes a massive amount of food to the point where the entire tray is barely over 400 kcal

      Peel two green zucchini and discard the skin... Using he peeler, continue to peel the rest of the zucchini into strips.

      Place a layer of zucchini in a glass pan or a bread pan.
      For the next layer, use some skim milk ricotta or fat free ricotta cheese.
      Another zucchini layer
      Layer some fresh or frozen chopped spinach leaves
      Another zucchini layer
      Browned 99% fat free ground turkey
      Another zucchini layer.
      Add more of the same layers as needed to reach the top of your pan and/or finish the zucchini
      Top with some tomato sauce and bake at 350 for about 45 mins.

      Unreal! Zucchini will taste just like noodles and the whole dish is insanely healthy and yummy.

      This is not lasagna......


      la·sa·gna
      ləˈzänyə/
      noun
      noun: lasagne; noun: lasagna; plural noun: lasagnas

      pasta in the form of wide strips.
      a baked Italian dish consisting of wide strips of pasta cooked and layered with meat or vegetables, cheese, and tomato sauce.
    • Posts: 2,178 Member
      You can't call it lasagne, as that is the name of the noodles used.

      Fauxsagne works though.
    • Posts: 4,433 Member
      I still eat "real" lasagna, but this sounds pretty good, minus the sauce. :-)
    • Posts: 4,251 Member
      I call mine not-sagna.
    • Posts: 2,227 Member
      I call this a war crime.
    • Posts: 4,323 Member
      I'll give this a try. I really miss pasta.

      how come you broke up with pasta?
    • Posts: 64 Member
      That's right... I came across this recipe and couldn't believe it until I made it. It makes a massive amount of food to the point where the entire tray is barely over 400 kcal

      Peel two green zucchini and discard the skin... Using he peeler, continue to peel the rest of the zucchini into strips.

      Place a layer of zucchini in a glass pan or a bread pan.
      For the next layer, use some skim milk ricotta or fat free ricotta cheese.
      Another zucchini layer
      Layer some fresh or frozen chopped spinach leaves
      Another zucchini layer
      Browned 99% fat free ground turkey
      Another zucchini layer.
      Add more of the same layers as needed to reach the top of your pan and/or finish the zucchini
      Top with some tomato sauce and bake at 350 for about 45 mins.

      Unreal! Zucchini will taste just like noodles and the whole dish is insanely healthy and yummy.
      This sounds awesome!! I am definitely going to try it out. What size pan do you use? Also if you don't mind sharing...where did you find the receipe? Oh! And how much ground turkey?
    • Posts: 15,228 Member
      I had this once as a skillet dish. It's more like an eggplant parmesan.
    • Posts: 6
      I will def. give this a try!!! Anything to make me feel like I am eating pasta!! :)
    • Posts: 2,089 Member
      Lasagna = noodles and beef. Pass.
    • Posts: 190 Member
      bump
    • Posts: 1,450 Member
      I just had something very similar to that for lunch, it's awesome!
    • Posts: 2,168 Member
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      This is not lasagna......


      la·sa·gna
      ləˈzänyə/
      noun
      noun: lasagne; noun: lasagna; plural noun: lasagnas

      pasta in the form of wide strips.
      a baked Italian dish consisting of wide strips of pasta cooked and layered with meat or vegetables, cheese, and tomato sauce.



      I'm glad you wrote it....I was just about to....

      HOWEVER, the layered zucchini dish that they posted sounds really good.

      But, if I want lasagna, I will make it with noodles and meat and sauce, etc, ad nauseam. Now I want lasagna (snaps fingers and whispers "damn.")
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
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      I'm glad you wrote it....I was just about to....

      HOWEVER, the layered zucchini dish that they posted sounds really good.

      But, if I want lasagna, I will make it with noodles and meat and sauce, etc, ad nauseam. Now I want lasagna (snaps fingers and whispers "damn.")

      Agreed. It's as if I posted a mashed cauliflower recipe and called it mashed potatoes!
    • Posts: 718 Member
      And Italians everywhere wept.
      I am in between wanting to :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: or just
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      But I guess, we all need to do what we need to do, in order to stay motivated right? :laugh:
      I used to make a zucchini and summer squash casserole that was really good. I need to see if I can find that again.
    • Posts: 226 Member
      i usually like to eat "the real thing" instead of alternatives to dishes but i've done this before with eggplant and zucchini and it was seriously delicious. i prefer it over "regular" lasagna because i can add more cheese and sauce since there's no pasta. i panfried the veggies beforehand though to speed up the cooking. agreed this isn't really "lasagna" but i guess it gets that name just by the way it's assembled.
    • Posts: 138 Member
      Yum! Will have to try this recipe out this summer.
    • Posts: 2,099 Member
      Yep I do a healthy take on lasagna with roasted veggies (zucchini, red pepper, sweet potato, eggplant), a lower cal white sauce and a meat sauce. Layer, add a sprinkling of cheese on the top and bake. It's so delicious.
    • Posts: 1,706 Member
      I made a dish like this a few month ago. It was really delicious. However I would not call it Lasagna, because it does not even come close. The zucchini strips are different and delicious, but also don't taste like pasta....at all.
    • Posts: 997 Member
      I eat pasta but I also eat zucchini so I'll give it a try :)
    • Posts: 147 Member
      Alrighty... I have to defend the title. I should have said "lasagna alternative" I freely admit, but let's not nitpick and just see it for what it is... An attempt to provide a healthy alternative to a favorite and delicious dish.

      And Italians will not weep. Zucchini is an integral ingredient in Italian cooking. The lack of pasta in a layered dish is not a big deal for Italians.

      Other answers:
      I do t recall where I originally got the recipe
      I use a 4x8 bread pan or 8x12 casserole pan with more layers on the bread pan
      4 oz of cheese and turkey each per zucchini is more than sufficient.
    • Posts: 718 Member
      Alrighty... I have to defend the title. I should have said "lasagna alternative" I freely admit, but let's not nitpick and just see it for what it is... An attempt to provide a healthy alternative to a favorite and delicious dish.

      And Italians will not weep. Zucchini is an integral ingredient in Italian cooking. The lack of pasta in a layered dish is not a big deal for Italians.

      Other answers:
      I do t recall where I originally got the recipe
      I use a 4x8 bread pan or 8x12 casserole pan with more layers on the bread pan
      4 oz of cheese and turkey each per zucchini is more than sufficient.
      Its funny cause I am watching Cutthroat Kitchen and one of the ladies forgot her pasta for lasagna and had zucchini and is making her dish with that instead. Love the timing of this thread and just happening to watch this episode. :laugh:
    • Posts: 354
      i support your decision to make a layered vegetable dish...

      i do not support your decision in calling it lasagna.

      Michael-scott-no-god-no.gif
    • Posts: 1
      Looks good. Bumping for later. Making this tomorrow!
    • Posts: 807 Member
      Come on guys, they already admitted they should have called it Lasagna alternative. I did get my hopes up coming in, but it still sounds good regardless. I love zucchini, so I'm going to bump this for later.
    • Posts: 4 Member
      Good recipe!!! I made this last night and my boyfriend who is highly picky even liked it. It might not technically be lasagna, but it does satisfy the lasagna craving!!! Thank you for sharing :smile: (Now if we can figure out the garlic bread option!)
    • Posts: 393
      No cheese no pasta
      Not lasagne

      Leaves dissapointed
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