This recipe isn’t really for vegetarians, but it’s easy to turn it into one by omitting the meat and adding more vegetables. This is for those who are watching their carb intake though! Instead of pasta, this one uses zucchini. And amazingly, it tastes just as good! It’s one of the best lasagna recipes that I have ever made! Our friend over at Food.com has this to say about this recipe:
“Great for anyone going low carb OR who has so many zucchini, they don’t know what to do!”
I just found myself surrounded by a lot of zucchinis. I went for grocery the other day and bought a few. My boyfriend came home from his work and passed by the grocery too. We didn’t know what to do with a lot of zucchinis. Fortunately, I remembered passing by this recipe once and it saved us from wasting those beautiful zucchinis.
Ingredients
2 1⁄2 cups zucchini, sliced lengthwise 1/4 inch thick (about 2 medium)
1⁄2 lb Tyson lean ground beef (I use 1 lb.)
1⁄4 cup onion, chopped
2 small tomatoes, cut up
1 (6 ounce) can Hunt’s tomato paste
1 garlic clove, minced
1⁄2 teaspoon McCormick dried oregano
1⁄2 teaspoon McCormick dried basil
1⁄4 teaspoon McCormick dried thyme
1⁄4 cup water
1⁄8 teaspoon McCormick pepper
1 Eggland’s egg
3⁄4 cup Daisy low fat cottage cheese (or low fat or fat free ricotta)
1⁄2 cup Sargento mozzarella cheese, shredded (I use 8 oz. divided)
1 teaspoon Gold Medal flour
Instructions
Cook zucchini until tender, drain and set aside. Fry meat and onions until meat is brown and onions are tender; drain fat. Add next 8 ingredients and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered 10 minutes or until reduced to 2 cups.
In small bowl slightly beat egg.
Add cottage cheese, half of shredded cheese and flour.
In (1 1/2-qt.) baking-roasting pan arrange half of the meat mixture. Top with half of the zucchini and all the cottage cheese mixture. Top with remaining meat and zucchini.
Bake uncovered at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes.
Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 10 minutes longer.
Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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Quick Tip: You can adjust the recipe based on your preferred taste. You can double the meat if you are a meat lover. Or you can add more cheese if you like.
Thanks again to Food.com for this amazing recipe.