Friday, July 8, 2011

Zucchini Lasagna - YUM YUM GOOD!

3 comments Posted by Shantel at 3:54 PM

This recipe is long overdue because I actually made it a while back but never got around to posting.  
It's a Zucchini Lasagna recipe and my inspiration came from the Everyday Paleo Cookbook.  I didn't have all the ingrediants she used but I tried my best with what I had and came up with something that I must say was INCREDIBLE!!!  YUM YUM GOOD!

Zucchini Lasagna
1 lb of hamburger
1lb of sausage
1 can of tomatoes
1 can of tomato sauce
1 can of sliced olives
some carrots
1 onion 
5 zucchini (you could use much less)
some garlic
Oregano
Basil


After chopping up the onion I threw the carrots in the mini food prep (which has since broken and I'm beside myself) and chopped them up really good.  I do this often if we have leftover carrots around.  I'll use them in just about anything.


Put the hamburger, sausage and onion in the pot and got things cooking.


 Then opened the fridge to get out my jar of garlic and realized....oh, leftover taco meat from our taco salads we had a few days earlier. Hating to waste I thought what the hell and threw that in the pot too.  I tell ya, when I cook, it all goes in the pot! I added in some crushed garlic at this point too.


Then I added in the can goods - tomatoes, tomato sauce, and olives.  Added in some generous dashes (maybe 2 tbsp of each) of oregano and basil and then let that all come together to a mild boil then turned it way down to simmer while I got busy on the "noodles"



I've always wanted one of these mandolin slicers and I had gone to my mother in laws house a few days prior to this cook off and seen she had just got this.  I borrowed it right away.  I love a new toy!!



It was ok to slice with.  I don't think it's made that well and kept falling apart while I tried to slice.  Also the part that is supposed to stab into the veggie wasn't working right so it's a good thing I still have all my fingers.  The end product came out like this.  Very nice! I was impressed and I'll keep my eye out for a good slicer of my own.  If you have a recommendation, let me know.


I greased up a square baking dish and laid down a very thin layer of the sauce.  Then I layered on zucchini.  This is where I will tell you to layer it on thick.  Do like 2-3 layers of the zucchinis cause I only did one and although it was delish, I would have liked more "noodles".


 I covered it in foil and baked it in the oven for about 40 minutes.  My husband loved it and I love it!  The leftovers were especially fabulous!  This is on our list of things to make again in the near future.



Enjoy!!

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