Zucchini Lasagna with Meat

Used MissChristi's recipe, except I added meat to mine and made my own sauce to help lower sodium.



Makes 8 servings
(good portioned servings, you could probably squeeze out 12 if you wanted too)

Per serving:
Calories: 289..........Carbs: 19..........Fiber: 3..........Fat: 12
..........Protein: 27..........Sugar: 8..........Sodium: 431

Weight Watchers Points: 7


Ingredients
24 oz Hunts no salt added tomato sauce
Minced Garlic
1 small-medium onion
1 lb - 94/6 lean ground beef
2 large zucchini (or around 4 smaller sized ones)
7 oz bag - Kraft Fat Free Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded
25 grams (10 tbsp according to the label) - Kraft Parmesan cheese, grated
15 oz - Great Value Part Skim Ricotta Cheese
2 large eggs
Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, and Pepper to Taste

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (165 degrees C).

1) In a pan brown the ground beef, then chop up the onion and add it to the beef. Also add in the minced garlic (to taste, I personally add like 3 tbsp, but I LOVE garlic). Let this cook a few minutes to mix flavors.

2) Add all of the tomato sauce to the meat mix, stir and let simmer.

3) Cut the zucchini lengthwise to about 1/4 inch thickness to make your "noodles".



* A mandolin comes in handy for this, the one I have is pretty good. $10 at Walmart.



4) Place the zucchini noodles on a plate and microwave for 2 to 3 minutes.

5) In a medium sized bowl combine the ricotta cheese, eggs, Parmesan cheese and spices.

6) Spray a 9x13" baking dish with cooking spray like Pam. Layer the bottom of the pan with just enough sauce to cover it. Then you are going to put down layers in this order

- Half the Noodles
- Half the Ricotta cheese mixture
- Half the remaining sauce
- Half the Mozzarella cheese
- Half Parmesan cheese

you can kind of see the layers....

7) Repeat layers with remaining ingredients

8) Cover with foil and bake at 375° F (200° C) for 45 minutes.

9) Remove foil and cook under broiler for 2-3 minutes to brown top (optional).

10) Let sit for 15-20 minutes and serve!



I served mashed cauliflower as a side tonight....

It turned out really good. The only part I wish I could cut down on is the sodium, but considering 90% of it came from all the cheeses, I don't think its possible without lacking some major flavors.