"Our healthy spin on lasagna using zucchini from our garden! Not the most photogenic meal but we loved the flavors of lasagna without all the carbs and upped the protein by adding Beyond Meat “ground beef”"
Zucchini Lasagna
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Prep time: 15mins
Cook time: 1hr
Serves or Makes: 6
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ingredients
- 1 large cut into 1 inch rounds zucchini
- 1 pack Beyond Meat ground beef
- 1/2 diced white onion
- 1/2 pack frozen spinach
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
- 1 Jar marinara sauce - we use Rao's
- 1 Jar ricotta cheese
- shredded mozzarella
- salt/pepper
- paprika
Method
Step 1
Crumble and cook ground beef in a pan with some oil – cook for 10-15 min on medium heat and set aside
Step 2
In the same pan, sauté onions, jalapeños, garlic, paprika and salt/pepper and cook until translucent ~10 min
Step 3
Add frozen spinach and cook on medium heat until wilted and water has evaporated
Step 4
To assemble lasagna, start with a layer of tomato sauce
Step 5
Place sliced zucchini without overlapping and cover with more tomato sauce
Step 6
Sprinkle with crumbled beef, spinach and dollops of ricotta
Step 7
Make two more layers alternating zucchini, tomato sauce and filling finishing with zucchini and tomato sauce
Step 8
Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and bake uncovered for 30 min at 350F