Weight Watchers Lasagna - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb ground turkey
    1 tablespoon fennel seed
    1 onion, chopped
    2 garlic cloves, minced
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon black pepper
    1/2 cup tomato paste
    3 cups crushed tomatoes
    6 -8 fresh basil leaves
    2 cups fat-free cottage cheese
    1/2 cup Egg Beaters egg substitute
    1/2 cup parmesan cheese
    1 cup shredded carrot
    1 cup shredded zucchini
    2 cups fresh spinach
    1 teaspoon garlic salt
    1/4 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
    8 no-boil lasagna noodles
    1 eggplant, sliced thinly lengthwise
    2 cups reduced-fat Italian cheese blend
Preparation
    Saute turkey with feneel seeds, salt & pepper.
    Add onion and continue to saute until tender.
    Add garlic and tomato paste.
    Saute for 3-5 minutes.
    Add crushed tomatoes and torn basil.
    Slice eggplant and place on baking sheet sprayed with olive oil.
    Spray top of eggplant and season with salt & pepper.
    Bake eggplant at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until tender crisp.
    Mix cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, egg beaters, carrot, zucchini, splnach, garlic salt and nutmeg together.
    Build lasagna.
    Put a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of the lasagna pan.
    Place 4 lasagna noodles over sauce.
    Top with 1/3 of sauce.
    Top with 1/2 cheese mixture.
    Top with eggplant \"noodles\".
    Top with 1/3 sauce.
    Top with the rest of the cheese mixture.
    Place remaining 4 lasagna noodles.
    Top noodles with remaining sauce.
    Cover all with italian cheese blend.
    Bake covered with foil at 350 for 1 hour.
    Uncover for last 15 minutes to brown cheese.

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