Karina's Lasagna

 

  Lasagna fresh out of the oven        

My dear friend Karina taught me how to make this clean and lean lasagna when I first started on this clean eating journey.  This is her delicious recipe and it is yum, yum, yum! Packed full of veggies and low in carbs and fats, this is as clean as lasagna can get, while still being lasagna! 😋Some of my challengers and I all prepped a few dinners, a breakfast and some mason jar salads this last weekend.    This recipe made enough for 4 of us to have a piece with 2 left over for the fridge, and 2 left over for the freezer😍 That always makes me happy!

Ingredients
6 Whole wheat lasagna noodles
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (half for the top and half for filling mixture)
1 pound cooked ground turkey
3-4 cups spinach
1 cup carrots, chopped tiny or thinly sliced
1 jar organic pasta sauce (make sure this has no sugar, vegetable oil, canola oil, or soybean oil)
1 package ricotta
1 egg
Italian seasoning  to flavor (I used quit a bit)
2 cups fresh spinach

1. Cook Ground Turkey
cook ground turkey in skillet until brown
2. Boil Noodles
boil 6 lasagna noodles until soft
drain and set to the side
3. Mix Meat Sauce
1 pound cooked ground turkey
3-4 cups spinach
1 cup carrots, chopped tiny or thinly sliced
1 jar organic pasta sauce (make sure this has no sugar, vegetable oil, canola oil, or soybean oil)
4. Mix Cheese Filling
1 package ricotta (15 ounces or more)
1 egg
Italian seasoning  to flavor
2 cups fresh spinach
1 cup shredded mozzarella
5. Layer Lasagna
pour a little pit of meat sauce to line the bottom of a baking dish (9x13-ish)
lay 3 noodles side by side to cover the bottom of the baking dish
plop and spread cheese filling mixture in a thin layer
pour a thin layer of meat sauce evenly over the lasagna
lay 3 more noodles side by side on lasagna
repeat these  layer and meat layer one more time each
cover entire lasagna with remaining 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
6.Bake Lasagna
cover with foil
bake 375 for 45 minutes
uncover and bake for 25 more minutes
Cut into 8 pieces

1 piece of lasagna = 1 Yellow, 1 Red, 1 Green, 1 Blue


    Leftovers😍 2 for the fridge and 2 for the freezer