Cheat day Lasagna !

TheKeyz
TheKeyz Posts: 39 Member
edited November 2024 in Recipes
INGREDIENTS

For the sauce:
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1½ cups milk
4 ounces light cream cheese
½ teaspoon salt
ground black pepper to taste
½ cup or more of your favorite creamy Caesar Dressing
½ cup or more Parmesan cheese

For the lasagna:
9 lasagna noodles
3 cups cooked, shredded/diced chicken
3 cups Mozzarella cheese
3 cups chopped spinach or kale
½ cup sun dried tomatoes packed in oil
*Bacon

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  • TheKeyz
    TheKeyz Posts: 39 Member
    INSTRUCTIONS
    Melt the butter over medium high heat. Stir in the flour and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the milk, a little bit at a time, until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Whisk in the cream cheese, Parmesan, and Caesar dressing until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust as necessary.
    Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions. Add the chicken to the sauce mixture and keep over medium low heat.
    Grease a 9x13 pan and preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cover with 3 lasagna noodles. Top with ½ the chicken mixture, 1½ cups kale/spinach, ¼ cup sundried tomatoes, and 1 cup mozzarella. Cover with 3 more noodles. Repeat layers, ending with another layer of noodles and the remaining 1 cup cheese.
    Bake for 30 minutes covered with greased foil. Remove the foil and bake for another 5-10 minutes to brown the cheese. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.
    NOTES
    You can also divide this into more layers - just cook a few extra noodles and spread the filling out a bit more over 3 or 4 layers instead of just 2.

    You can also use the oven-ready noodles
    Hope you enjoy guys Let's get thes Gainz !!!!!!
  • TheKeyz
    TheKeyz Posts: 39 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Or you could cut the sauce out and use a light version of a spaghetti sauce and use regular sun dried tomatoes not packed in oil to make this fit your calories any day of the week. Your recipe looks good, but it could easily wipe out most people's weekly deficit with a single serving.

    This is very true that's why I call it a cheat day lasagna lol
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    TheKeyz wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Or you could cut the sauce out and use a light version of a spaghetti sauce and use regular sun dried tomatoes not packed in oil to make this fit your calories any day of the week. Your recipe looks good, but it could easily wipe out most people's weekly deficit with a single serving.

    This is very true that's why I call it a cheat day lasagna lol

    But why would you eat a food that puts you at maintenance for the week?
  • TheKeyz
    TheKeyz Posts: 39 Member
    What do you mean
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    TheKeyz wrote: »
    What do you mean

    Meaning you eat 500 calories less than your body needs 6 days per week towards losing a pound of fat for the week, then you have a cheat day where you go over maintenance by 2,000 calories. You just undid 4 days worth of your deficit. It's easier to just make recipe modifications to reduce calories and make it fit your calorie goal for the day.
  • TheKeyz
    TheKeyz Posts: 39 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    TheKeyz wrote: »
    What do you mean

    Meaning you eat 500 calories less than your body needs 6 days per week towards losing a pound of fat for the week, then you have a cheat day where you go over maintenance by 2,000 calories. You just undid 4 days worth of your deficit. It's easier to just make recipe modifications to reduce calories and make it fit your calorie goal for the day.

    Well dang that makes sense
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    TheKeyz wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    TheKeyz wrote: »
    What do you mean

    Meaning you eat 500 calories less than your body needs 6 days per week towards losing a pound of fat for the week, then you have a cheat day where you go over maintenance by 2,000 calories. You just undid 4 days worth of your deficit. It's easier to just make recipe modifications to reduce calories and make it fit your calorie goal for the day.

    Well dang that makes sense

    I am all for eating the yummy stuff, but making it fit your calorie goal is going to help you learn how to do that when you switch to maintaining your weight. Sometimes when I am feeling extra worn down or extra hungry I'll have a couple hundred more calories. That might take me up to maintenance calories, but it doesn't negate my prior efforts. Learn balance now and you'll profit long term.

    The recipe does look good! Minor changes and you won't have to call it a cheat anymore.
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