Lower fat, sugar, and GI Lasanga

[cutter07]

Dreamlands pasta noodles (only 5g of digestible carbs per serving)
93% lean beef
Nonfat cottage cheese
2% skim milk Italian blend
10 Ripe tomatoes
1 finely chopped onion
1 finely chopped bell pepper
3 pureed stalks of celery
1/4 cup of vinger
Spices (oregano, rosemary, basil, salt)
1 packet of stevia sweetener

1.) Puree the tomatoes, add the herbs and chopped onion and pepper to sauce pot. Add the stevia and vinger and stir til the sauce comes to a boil then remove and set to cool.

2.) Pan fry the lean beef, draining fat and juices then add to the sauce pot.

3.) Boil the water for the pasta noodles. Careful with these as they cook differently then traditional pasta.

4.) Taking a casserole dish layer sauce then noodles then cottage cheese then cheese in three layers or as your pan permits. Add a little cheese to the top in a light layer.

5.) Bake for 10-15 at 325 just enough to melt the cheese layers and warm throughly.

Result is a Lasanga for cheat days thats fairly light in fat, good GI, and far lower in sugar with a decent amount of protein for a pasta dish. Hope this helps. Enjoy.

 

[P-funk]

if it is a cheat day, why not eat regular lasagna? That stuff right there would suck.

 

[cutter07]

if it is a cheat day, why not eat regular lasagna? That stuff right there would suck.

Actually it taste just the same to me. But when I cheat I try not to go too hog wild. Don't knock it til you try it.

 

[tucker01]

The point is a cheat is a cheat no matter how you slice it.

 

[Jodi]

I don't see how this would be considered a cheat meal.............

Good recipe. I have a few I created for lasagna as well in this recipe forum that aren't cheat meal recipes.

 

[cutter07]

Thank you Jodi, I enjoyed it