Yummy Low-Fat Lasagna - ThinnerTimes

Chia · 01-10-2008, 10:06 PM

I experimented with my mom's original recipe this weekend and came up with a low-fat high-flavor recipe. I hope you all have as much fun with this as I did!

1-2 Large Yellow Onions chopped
2 handfuls of pealed garlic minced
2 large bottles of Prego Spaghetti Sauce with Mushrooms
1 package of Lawry's powdered Spaghetti Sauce
1 Bottle Red Wine (Cabernet Sauvignon)
2lbs Spicy Turkey Sausage
1 lb Zucchini
1 lb Roma tomatoes
2 cups FF Ricotta Cheese
1 package of 1/3 FF Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1 cup FF parmesan cheese (or low fat)
2 cups FF mozzarella (either shredded or 1.5 lbs sliced)
Whole Wheat Lasagna Noodles

Steps:
Sauce
1. In a large stew pot combine onions, garlic, and turkey sausage (removed from casings and smushed up to look like ground meat) with 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Add a pinch of garlic powder and brown meat until almost cooked.
2. To the meat mixture, add the Prego sauce, Lawry's sauce, Zucchini, Tomatoes, and red wine. Simmer sauce for at least 30 minutes to blend flavors.

Filling
3. Combine parsley, remaining garlic powder, ricotta, and cream cheese together. Blend until smooth.

Putting it all together
4. Take a ladle of sauce and cover the bottom of the pan.
5. Cover the sauce with one layer of noodles.
6. Place tablespoons of the cheese mixture on top of the noodles 3 inches apart.
7. Sprinkle parmesan and mozzarella on top.
8. Cover with more sauce.
Repeat steps 5-8 until you reach the top of the pan.
9. Sprinkle a small handful of mozzarella on top.
10. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 425* for one hour.
11. Remove foil and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes.

Enjoy!

katzz87 · 01-20-2008, 08:28 PM

Sounds good! I'll have to bookmark this recipe