With hubby on a low carb diet, I went out on a limb and made this Zucchini Lasagna. He said it was one of his favorite low-carb recipes to date! And, it's gluten free, too! I just replaced the lasagna noodles with zucchini and it was absolutely delicious.
Ingredients:
- approximately two zucchini squash
- 16 oz. carton of cottage cheese
- one large jar of spaghetti sauce
- one pound of hamburger meat
- two cups of mozzarella cheese, shredded
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Brown your hamburger meat and when cooked thoroughly, mix in all spaghetti sauce except for 1/2 of a cup.
3. Wash and cut zucchini in half and then in 1/4" – 1/2" strips:
4. Pour about a half of a cup of meat sauce on the bottom of a 8×11 casserolel dish.
5. Place a layer of zucchini on top of the sauce;
6. Dollop cottage cheese on top of the zucchini, then spread out with a spoon:
7. Spread about 1/2 cup of meat sauce on top of cottage cheese:
8. Sprinkle Mozzarella cheese on top of the meat sauce and repeat the steps until your zucchini runs out.
9. For the last layer, I like to pour the remainder of the sauce on top and top with Mozzarella cheese.
10. Cover dish with foil.
11. Place in oven and cook for approximately 40 minutes at 350 degrees, or until zucchini is tender.
12. Remove foil and cook for another 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.
After your lasagna is eaten up, try the new Fresh Infusions dish detergent from Palmolive to clean the saucy pan! My favorite scent is the Ginger White Tea:
I love that companies are doing their part to make our cleaning supplies healthier. Palmolive has removed the phosphates and I feel better about using Fresh Infusions for our family's dishes.
It works well, too! It cleans just as well as any dish detergent containing phosphates, but I know it's better for us!
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**I received three bottles of Palmolive Fresh Infusions to try, free of charge, from Influenster.**
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That looks so good Gena!
Thanks, Irene! It was good!!
Great healthy alternative! Does the cottage cheese taste anything like ricotta in this dish?
You can substitute it with ricotta, for sure, but I don't think it tastes like ricotta. I prefer the cottage cheese's texture to ricotta.
Love that this is a low-carb option for lasagna! Yum!
This looks really delicious actually. I love traditional lasagna, but also zuchinni. I may just try it out!
I wish I had seen this when I had too many zuchinnis this Summer. I shredded and froze them. This is a great idea!
I always say that I'm going to make lasagna using zucchini, but I always forget! I'm pinning this to remind myself (hopefully!)
Yum. Your Zucchini Lasagna recipe would go over very well at my house. Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Yum! I have a zucchini lasagna recipe I make on a regular basis, it's one of my favorite dishes!