If you like, you may substitute chopped, canned no-salt-added whole tomatoes for the canned zucchini with tomato. This lasagna takes about 20 minutes to assemble — very convenient, and no pre-cooking noodles.
How To Make Zucchini, Spinach, and Mushroom Lasagna
This recipe will give you a healthier alternative to your favorite lasagna. The combination of zucchini, spinach, and mushroom in one filling meal is simply irresistible.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup cottage cheese, low-fat (1%)
- ½ cup reduced-sodium Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 can zucchini with tomato sauce, 16 oz.
- 12 lasagna noodles, no-boil 7x3 1/2-inches or 6 no-boil lasagna sheets (8x8-inches)
- 8 oz reduced-sodium mozzarella cheese, shredded
- ¾ cup marinara sauce
- 13 ½ oz spinach, no-salt-added and drained
- 4 oz mushrooms, sliced and drained
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and in a medium bowl, mix together cottage cheese, Parmesan, egg, and nutmeg.
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Drain liquid from zucchini in a square baking dish. Spread evenly over the bottom of the dish.
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Place lasagna pieces or a sheet at the bottom of the dish.
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Spread with zucchini one-quarter of the mozzarella and the marinara sauce.
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Repeat the noodle layer a second time.
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Spread evenly with the cottage cheese mixture and the marinara sauce.
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Repeat the noodle layer a third time.
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Spread evenly with the spinach, mozzarella, and marinara sauce.
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Repeat the noodle layer a fourth time.
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Cover with the remaining half of the cottage cheese mixture and marinara sauce.
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Top with the fifth layer of noodles.
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Cover with mushrooms, mozzarella, and marinara sauce.
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Top with the sixth layer of the noodle.
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Top with remaining marinara sauce and remaining mozzarella.
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Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil.
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Place on a baking sheet.
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Bake until filling is bubbly and noodles are tender for about 40 minutes.
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Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 4g
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- Calcium: 95mg
- Calories: 293kcal
- Carbohydrates: 37g
- Cholesterol: 27mg
- Fat: 8g
- Fiber: 3g
- Iron: 2mg
- Potassium: 530mg
- Protein: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 313mg
- Vitamin A: 4670IU
- Vitamin C: 15mg
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