Thanks Cherrianne. You are a legend. Will definitely try it out but it will not be for another three weeks as for the first two weeks I’m trying the replacement meals till I get my head around cooking and eating the 8-week blood sugar diet.
Delicious low cal/ low carb meal for everyone missing pasta.
Ingredients
• 200g zucchini (preferably a large one)
• 1/2 cup red capsicum
• 1/2 cup mushrooms
• 1/2 cup eggplant
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
• 1/2 cup grated cheddar
• 3/4 cup cottage cheese
• 1 cup raw spinach
• 1 cup passata ( tomato purée)
• 12 cherry tomatoes
• 1&1/2 tspns dried oregano
• 1 tspn dried basil
• 1 fat clove crushed garlic
Method
Preheat oven to 200deg C.
Finely chop raw spinach, place in a bowl with the Parmesan and the cottage cheese. Mix together and season with salt and pepper to taste. You could use ricotta instead of cottage cheese but would have to increase cal/ carb count upwards, and protein down.
Slice zucchini lengthways to approx 1/2 cm thickness, set aside.
Chop capsicum, mushrooms & eggplant reasonably finely and place in a separate bowl. Add garlic, herbs and passata to this bowl and mix together.
In a square oven proof dish or tin, place a few spoonfuls of the tomato & veg mixture. Cover with a layer of the sliced zucchini.
Spread some of the cheese and spinach mix over the zucchini and top with a second layer of zucchini.
Continue alternating layers of the mixtures and zucchini. Finish with the tomato mix layer.
Slice the cherry tomatoes in half and arrange over the top.
Cover with foil and bake for approx 30 mins until zucchini feels soft and thoroughly cooked.
Remove foil, and sprinkle grated cheese over the top of the lasagne.
Return to the oven for another ten minutes or so until cheese has melted and browned.
Serve with a Greek salad for an authentic tasting low cal/ low carb Mediterranean meal.
You could add Quorn or minced meat to the tomato mix if desired, but again adjust the cal/ carb count to include this
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