Wait wait wait wait… Before thinking “just another one of these healthified foods that don’t taste anything like the real thing”, I know. Take away the pasta noodles from the lasagna and you’re left with something that isn’t an actual lasagna. I agree. However, this thing is flipping delicious!! And the use of zucchini is a great way to save a lot of calories. Even though this isn’t exactly a lasagna, it will definitely hit the spot if you are working with lower calories.

Ingredients

2 zucchinis/courgettes

7,5 oz of ground pork 96/4 (beef or turkey works as well)

1 cup of tomato sauce (I made a quick one using canned tomatoes, garlic, shallot, basil, and oregano- store bought works fine)

50g of reduced fat mozzarella (note that the % of your cheese will possibly change the macros, mine is 13%)

A bit of parmesan, optional

Dried oregano, optional

1tsp of garlic powder

1tsp of chili flakes





Method

Slice the zucchini so that you get six slices from each (see image above): Place on a large plate and sprinkle generously with salt (most of this will be wiped off later). Let sit for about 1 hour, this will take a lot of liquid out of it Cook your pork mince with garlic powder and dried chili flakes: You just need to brown it, it will only take 1-2 minutes. While cooking, break up the meat with a spatula so it becomes a “crumbly” mixture. Wipe all moisture off the zucchini, place on a baking tray and bake at 230 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes: (450 degrees Fahrenheit) Take your zucchini out and start building the dish: Start by spreading the bottom of an ovenproof dish with some sauce, then add a layer of zucchini, then pork then sauce and repeat. Since my dish was very wide I only made 2 layers of the zucchini, so if you want a lot of layers use a smaller but deeper one (also, using a square dish works best but I did not have one). When you have your final layer of zucchini, finish it off with the mozzarella and some (optional) grated parmesan. Place in the oven, this time at 190 degrees Celsius for 25-40 minutes depending on how deep you made your lasagna: (375 degrees Fahrenheit) If you want it to be very firm, let it stay in the oven with the door closed for an additional 15 minutes after turning it off (obviously I didn’t to that haha): Serve it up! It will be hot…

Nutrition facts for the whole “Lasagna”:

Calories: 680

Fat: 23

Carbs: 21

Protein: 90

Never will you be able to eat so much lasagna for so low calories (even though it isn’t really lasagna). Try this out and you will not regret it. Very easy to put together as well!

Let me know if you give this a go!

Have an awesome day !<3<3

Thomas

I’m @ifandiifym on Instagram :):)