How to Make Healthy Lasagna
Reinvent a Comfort Food Classic
Lasagna, of course, start with ground beef. In order to make this dish healthy, you must look for a healthy ground meat. While you can use ground turkey, or even chicken, I highly recommend using 93% lean ground beef. This ensures that the flavor of your favorite dish stays as authentic as possible.
When it comes time to add sauce to your ground beef, remember that many store-bought sauces as loaded with sodium. Instead, why not consider making your own sauce? This doesn't mean using canned, store-bought tomato products either (which are also loaded with sodium). You should use the freshest ingredients possible. This is another great reason to have a garden and to do home canning each summer. That way, you're always able to make healthy pasta sauce for lasagna and other Italian dishes. Of course, lasagna wouldn't be very tasty without all those cheesy layers.
When it comes to making the cheese filling for your healthy lasagna, be sure to mostly use low-fat ingredients. You can find low-fat ricotta and cottage cheese. By using these two ingredients alone, you will make your lasagna healthier. Parmesan cheese is already low in fat and calories, especially in such low amounts. The only regular high-fat ingredient I recommend you using is mozzarella. Low-fat mozzarella cheese does not melt well, which means it can't give you the melted gooeyness you've come to expect from lasagna.
Last, but not least, you can also substitute lasagna noodles with healthy whole wheat lasagna noodles. Whole wheat lasagna noodles will add flavor and protein to your healthy lasagna. If you want to make this dish even healthier, make your own whole wheat lasagna noodles.
As you can see, even a high-fat dish like lasagna can be made healthy. All you need is lean ground beef, a low-fat cheese mixture, homemade pasta sauce, and whole wheat lasagna noodles. This new and improved healthy lasagna is a great source of protein, calcium, fiber, as well as other vitamins and minerals. Who knew flavorful comfort food could be so healthy?
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- Use 93% lean ground beef.
- Look for low-fat ricotta and cottage cheese.
- Use whole wheat lasagna noodles.
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Post a CommentLove lasgna. Love healthy lasgna even more.
em and i were just talking about this today
This should be so delicious that no one will notice the difference. You had my mouth watering for a taste :)
Great ideas. Using homemade Marinara sauce is another way to add more veggies to lasagna. :-)
I bought vegetable lasagna which uses organic multi-grain pasta. This may not be as delicious as meat lasagna, but it tastes pretty good to me. There is broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms and onions in it. It also has sea salt as well as mozzarella, ricotta, and romano cheeses.
yummy. i would love to see if you can taste the difference
My husband loves lasagna. Think he'd notice the lower calories and fat?
I love making lasagna and pretty much do it like this, except for the whole wheat noodles. Actually, I haven't had anyone to cook it for for years. sigh.
Thanks for the tip!