Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

So, I saw someone on my Facebook share something about doing a spaghetti squash lasagna and I was definitely intrigued!  I googled it and came across a few different recipes and so I adapted it to my preferences and WOW it was SO good!!  My 5.5 year old daughter even gobbled it all up!  I've always loved spaghetti squash but I had never tried it other than like, well, spaghetti... You know.. with a meat sauce?  Yeah... the thought of using it in a lasagna type dish completely blew my mind!!  

Ingredients

• 1 spaghetti squash
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 pepper chopped
• 1 small onion chopped
• 24 oz cottage cheese
• 2 cups of mozzarella cheese, seperated
• 3 eggs
• 3 gloves of garlic, diced
• 2 cups of spaghetti sauce

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Cut the spaghetti squash in half length wise and scoop out the seeds.  Drizzle olive oil on both halves and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.  Place face down on a baking sheet and place in oven for 30 mins.
3. While the squash is cooking brown the meat in a pan with the pepper and onion.
4. Mix the cottage cheese, eggs, 1 cup of mozzarella and garlic and then add the meat and mix in.
5. Once the squash is cooked, remove from oven and scrape all the insides out with a fork.
6. Coat a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and put 1/3 of the meat mixture on the bottom. Top that with 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce and 1/2 of the spaghetti squash
7. Repeat that 1 more time topping off with the last third of the meat mixture and then the last third of the spaghetti sauce
8. Top with the rest of the mozzarella cheese
9. Place in oven, uncovered for 30 minutes.
10. Enjoy!

Makes 8 servings

21 day fix containers

1 green

1.5 red

1 blue

Noodle-less Lasagna

Who doesn't love lasagna??  I know I do!!  It is definitely one of my favourite comfort foods, however it is so high in calories that it's definitely been forever removed off my menu (except for maybe the occasional treat night).

Well, I introduce to you - NOODLE-LESS LASAGNA!  That's right... it's all the deliciousness of lasagna with NO pasta!

Serves 6

Ingredients

• 3 medium Zucchini's, thinly sliced lengthwise
• 1 lb of lean ground turkey
• 1/2 a medium yellow onion
• 2 tsp diced garlic
• pink himalayan salt, black pepper and garlic powder to taste
• pasta sauce of choice
• 24 oz of cottage cheese
• shredded mozza cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degress Farenheit
2. In a skillet on medium-high heat add ground turkey, onion, garlic and seasonings and cook until turkey is browned and cooked through
   
3. add about 1/2 cup of pasta sauce and mix into the turkey mixture
   
4. Spray a baking dish with non-stick spray and lay the first layer of zucchini "noodles" just like you would lasagna noodles
   
5. add half of the turkey mixture on top of the "zoodles"
6. add half of the cottage cheese on top of the meat mixture
   
7. repeat steps 4, 5 and 6 ending with a third layer of zucchini noodles on top
8. spread about 1/4 cup of pasta sauce (just a thin layer) on top of the zucchini
   
9. sprinkle your cheese on and cover with tin foil
10. Bake at 350 degrees Farenheit for 45 minutes, remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes until cheese is a bit browned
11. Serve and enjoy! 

Couple things I will change for next time... 

It was quite watery from the zucchini... I googled how to help that and I read that if you "salt" the zucchini"noodles" for about an hour before hand it will pull the moisture out of the zucchini!  Basically just put the zoodles into a colander, sprinkle salt on top and toss it around until they are evenly covered... leave the colander over a bowl to collect the water that gets pulled out... after about an hour place the zoodles on paper tower to wipe away any moisture left... I will update this post once I try this :) 

Otherwise though, the taste was PHENOMENAL!  It was so very delicious!!!  The water wasn't that bad of a thing, just made it a bit more difficult to cut and scoop out regular pieces :)  I actually showed me making it in this vlog too :)