Lasagna for Under 200 kcal!

nyiballs
nyiballs Posts: 147 Member
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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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  • tarawarner22
    tarawarner22 Posts: 26 Member
    Worth a try! :smile:
  • rbiss
    rbiss Posts: 422 Member
    I'll give this a try. I really miss pasta.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    And Italians everywhere wept.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 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.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    You can't call it lasagne, as that is the name of the noodles used.

    Fauxsagne works though.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    I still eat "real" lasagna, but this sounds pretty good, minus the sauce. :-)
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    I call mine not-sagna.
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
    I call this a war crime.
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    I'll give this a try. I really miss pasta.

    how come you broke up with pasta?
  • halfpintpeggy
    halfpintpeggy 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?
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I had this once as a skillet dish. It's more like an eggplant parmesan.
  • lesliea512
    lesliea512 Posts: 6
    I will def. give this a try!!! Anything to make me feel like I am eating pasta!! :)
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    Lasagna = noodles and beef. Pass.
  • ohiotubagal
    ohiotubagal Posts: 190 Member
    bump
  • BeLightYear
    BeLightYear Posts: 1,450 Member
    I just had something very similar to that for lunch, it's awesome!
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 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.



    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.")
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 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.



    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!
  • Keepcalmanddontblink
    Keepcalmanddontblink 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.
  • crevices
    crevices 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.
  • CuteMonkeyGal
    CuteMonkeyGal Posts: 138 Member
    Yum! Will have to try this recipe out this summer.
  • gmallan
    gmallan 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.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,708 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.
  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    I eat pasta but I also eat zucchini so I'll give it a try :)
  • nyiballs
    nyiballs 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.
  • Keepcalmanddontblink
    Keepcalmanddontblink 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:
  • da_bears1008
    da_bears1008 Posts: 354
    i support your decision to make a layered vegetable dish...

    i do not support your decision in calling it lasagna.

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  • qhmchugh
    qhmchugh Posts: 1
    Looks good. Bumping for later. Making this tomorrow!
  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 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.
  • trc1217
    trc1217 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!)
  • SuperC_85
    SuperC_85 Posts: 393
    No cheese no pasta
    Not lasagne

    Leaves dissapointed

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