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Fill Up not Fill OUT: Low Cal Lasagna WITH Pasta for Wayne

Fill Up not Fill OUT: Low Cal Lasagna WITH Pasta for Wayne

VI Blog Poets About the Author I'm a ghost but not the kind that's to pottery wheels. I'm the wnting kind Toften wonder if Im a tech-savvy writer or a writing-savvy technologist Maybe I'm both. As one CMO put it, "Paul makes tech my bitch! That might be going a hittle too far myTweetPack.com The Ultimate Twitter SystemA little bit ago, I wrote a post/recipe about Mediterranean Pasta with Seafood. In the comments, Wayne Yoshida said he makes lasagna without pasta. He subs sliced zucchini for the pasta sheets. 

That got me to thinking. Lasagna just isn't lasagna without pasta. 

This recipe is for Wayne and all the other Lasagna Lovers out there who want to fill up without filling out.

This recipe makes 6 portions of about 395 Calories each. The portions are about 482g each. That's over a pound of food for not many Calories at all!

Who says you have to eat like a bird to lose weight? That, by the way, is a silly saying. Birds eat 2-3 times their body weight every day. 

That's not the best idea for weight loss,  but it's on the right track. Going hungry is a sure-fire way to self-sabotage your efforts. 

Recipe: Lasagna for Wayne

Ingredients

240g Lasagna Sheets (should be 12)
14g Olive Oil (1 tbs)
250g Portobello mushrooms, chopped (~3 cups)
150g Red Onion (1 large)
400g Zucchini (~ 2 large)
300g Bell Peppers, chopped, any color (~2 large)
5g Red Wine vinegar (5ml, 1 tsp)
9 g Garlic, minced (3 cloves)
5g Dried Oregano (~2 tsp, 10ml)
5g Dried Rosemary  (~2 tsp, 10ml)
55g Fresh Basil (a little more than a cup)
450g Cottage Cheese, 1% well drained (~ 2 cups)
100g Parmesan Cheese, low fat (~1 cup)
715g Tomato sauce/Marinara (~3 cups)
170g Grated part-skim Mozzarella (~1.5 cups)
30g Chopped fresh parsley (~3/4 cup)
Non-Stick Cooking Spray

Method

1 - Spray a large roasting pan with non-stick. Add veggies, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, and DRIED herbs.
2 - Mix well so everything is coated.
3 - Roast at 400F for about 25 minutes. Stir once after 13 minutes
While Vegies Roast
4 - In a mixing bowl, combine drained cottage cheese, parmesan, egg white, and fresh basil. Mix well and refrigerate until ready for use
5 - Prepare pasta as per package
Assembly
6 - Spray a 9X13 baking dish with cooking spray. 
7 - Put about 1/4 sauce in bottom
8 - Arrange 4 pasta sheets over sauce, three length-wise, 1 across.
9 - Spread 1/2 cheese mix, then 1/3 veggie mix, then sprinkle 1/3 Mozzarella
10 - Repeat layering
11 - Layer last 4 pasta sheets, cover with remaining sauce, cover with remaining roasted veggies. Keep some mozzarella aside
12 - Cover with foil and bake at 375F for 35 minutes.
13 - Uncover, sprinkle reserved Mozerella, sprinkle fresh parsley
14 - Bake uncovered 5 more minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy, Wayne et al

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Comments

Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee

6 years ago #8

mmmmmm

Jerry Fletcher

6 years ago #7

Thanks Paul, I 've printed out the recipe and I'll shop tomorrow. Now, where did I put that roasting pan?

Paul "Pablo" Croubalian

6 years ago #6

#2
There's a trick to this stuff. We need to keep recipes as close to the originals as possible while still making them edible, yummy, AND low-cal! Thank God for the USDA Nutrients Database https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list

Paul "Pablo" Croubalian

6 years ago #5

#3
Kevin "The Panther" Pashuk.... I LIKE THAT

Paul "Pablo" Croubalian

6 years ago #4

#2
You may as well. It may help the anti-gluten lobby

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #3

Thank you Paul.. This should help maintain my lean, lithe, panther-like figure. (Although I have no idea why people laugh when I say that...)

Wayne Yoshida

6 years ago #2

YAY! Thanks Paul \ -- My fake lasagna also uses low fat cottage cheese instead of ricotta. I need to post that recipe - but maybe not, since this one is here.

Paul "Pablo" Croubalian

6 years ago #1

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