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Another 365 have come and gone and you're ready to make a change! You want to eat good food, but not the food that makes you feel kinda icky. You want food that tastes good AND makes you feel good. Healthier Year Lasagna is here to do just that! To get a balanced, hearty meal, you'll replace the pasta with tender, flavorful zucchini strips and cover them with all your lasagna favorites: tangy marinara sauce, creamy ricotta, and melty cheese. See? There's plenty of flavor here without making you bloat! Make this the best year for your body yet with Healthier Year Lasagna!
Another 365 have come and gone and you're ready to make a change! You want to eat good food, but not the food that makes you feel kinda icky. You want food that tastes good AND makes you feel good. Healthier Year Lasagna is here to do just that! To get a balanced, hearty meal, you'll replace the pasta with tender, flavorful zucchini strips and cover them with all your lasagna favorites: tangy marinara sauce, creamy ricotta, and melty cheese. See? There's plenty of flavor here without making you bloat! Make this the best year for your body yet with Healthier Year Lasagna!
Ingredients
- 2 cups ricotta
- 1 cup parmesan plus more for sprinkling, freshly grated
- 2 large eggs
- kosher salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 1 1/2 cups marinara sauce
- 3 large zucchinis cut into wide strips using a Y peeler and drained on paper towels
- 3 cups mozzarella shredded
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a small bowl, stir the ricotta, the parmesan, the eggs, the salt, and the pepper together.
- Spread a thin layer of the marinara in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Cover the sauce with 2 layers of the zucchini, 1/3 of the ricotta mixture, and 1/3 of the mozzarella.
- Spread 1/3 cup of the sauce over the mozzarella.
- Repeat the layering twice, ending with a layer of the zucchini noodles side-by-side diagonally in both directions in the baking dish to make a lattice. Lift the bottom half of every other noodle and lay another noodle across diagonally. Repeat until full.
- Sprinkle with the remaining parmesan and season with the salt and pepper.
- Bake until melty and the zucchini noodles are cooked through, about 30 minutes.
- Let the lasagna rest for 10 minutes.
- Serve.
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