Lean Lasagna - Recipe and Pics

[Mrs. Colleen]

This is one of Mark's favorite meals that I make...and healthy too! :cheers:

Start with a bag of spinach (chopped) and a container of Ricotta. I use fat free.

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Mix together...hands work best for mixing the cheese in.

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Chop LOTS of veggies! I started adding carrots a while back when I had some I needed to use up...ended up being super yummy and adding a sweet element to the dish.

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Saute garlic and onions

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Add a package of ground lean turkey...this was Jenny-O which are usually about a pound and a quarter.

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Brown meat

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Add veggies, tomato sauce and spices

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Boil 9 noodles

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Get your cheese ready

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Cook down meat and veggies

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Layer three noodles and spinach mixture

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Followed by meat mixture and 1/3 of the cheese

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Continue layering for three layers of each and into the oven

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Almost ready

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Let stand 5 minutes

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Dinner's served!

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When I first made this lasagna years ago this is the recipe I used. As you can see I changed a few things...like adding tons more veggies!

Lean Lasagna

Serves 8
Ingredients

* Vegetable-oil cooking spray
* 1/2 cup chopped onion
* 1 pound ground turkey breast
* 3 cups tomato sauce
* 3 tablespoons Italian seasoning (or 1 tsp each dried basil, parsley, and oregano)
* 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
* teaspoon garlic powder
* 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
* 6 cups chopped fresh spinach
* 2 cups fat-free ricotta
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
* 1 package whole-wheat lasagna noodles (about 8 oz, or 9 noodles)
* 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella

Preparation

1.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray a medium-sized nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Sauté onion for 2 minutes, then add turkey and cook an additional 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomato sauce, all seasonings and mushrooms and simmer 2 minutes. Remove pan from heat. In a bowl, combine spinach, ricotta, and nutmeg. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Cook pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain and rinse with cool water.
2.For assembly
Coat a 9" x 13" baking pan with cooking spray. Arrange 1/3 lasagna noodles (3 noodles) on the bottom of the pan. Spread a layer of ricotta mixture, then turkey mixture, then 1/3 mozzarella. Repeat layers, ending with mozzarella. Bake 20ozzarella. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until cheese bubbles. Cool at least 5 minutes before cutting.

The skinny - 310 calories per serving, 6 g fat (3.5 g saturated), 31 g carbs, 4 g fiber, 33 g protein

Enjoy!

[Z06David]

That looks really really good!!

[Rob]

Damn, that looks great

[Mrs. Colleen]

Thanks. :) Leftovers were great for lunch today too! :dance:

[F40]

Yummy:above:

[sasnglass77]

Its not lean, just Italian the way my Nana taught me.

[NEVRL8T]

Damn, that looks great

:iagree:

[beadist]

Looks yummy!

[Kerrmudgeon]

That looks great. Lots of veggies. And for those with blood sugar problems, substitute whole wheat lasagna noodles. I've switched totally to ww pasta, it matabilizes much slower than white flour pasta. :thumbs:

[Mrs. Colleen]

That looks great. Lots of veggies. And for those with blood sugar problems, substitute whole wheat lasagna noodles. I've switched totally to ww pasta, it matabilizes much slower than white flour pasta. :thumbs:

:iagree: But for some reason Albertsons (the one near me anyway) does not carry whole wheat lasagna noodles. :toetap:

The brown rice noodles (not lasagna noodles) from Trader Joes are really good too...although the spaghetti kind is not that great leftover.

[Poog]

... I've switched totally to ww pasta, it matabilizes much slower than white flour pasta. :thumbs:

:iagree: