The cheesiest, gooiest, creamiest, BEST Easy Healthy Lasagna Recipe for dinner tonight. All of the goodness of classic lasagna, but lightened up and loaded with healthy ingredients for a skinny version of the original recipe!
Anyone ever just REALLY want pasta for dinner? Pfft. I mean obviously, right?
Like basically e’ry day.
Thankfully, there are plenty of healthy pasta recipes to make the world go ’round on here:
- Mushroom & Spinach Pasta Bake
- Turmeric Sweet Potato Pasta Salad
- Healthy Chicken Broccoli Pasta Casserole
- Garlic Chickpea Spaghetti Squash
This Easy Healthy Lasagna Recipe is one of my new go-to weeknight dinners!
Y’all. It truly is the best!
Clearly, the healthy comfort food life is what I’m all about. I’ve made this recipe once a week for the past 5 weeks! And since this recipe serves 6, the leftovers are truly something to look forward to. Just layer the ingredients into this casserole dish, bake, and enjoy!
SO perfect for those cheesy pasta cravings! Enjoy, friend 😉
The BEST Easy Healthy Lasagna Recipe
The cheesiest, gooiest, creamiest, BEST Easy Healthy Lasagna Recipe for dinner tonight. All of the goodness of classic lasagna, but lightened up and loaded with healthy ingredients for a skinny version of the original recipe!
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1/4 onion chopped
- 2 zucchini medium
- 1 summer squash medium
- 15 oz. whole tomatoes canned
- 10 oz. tomato sauce
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 6 uncooked lasagna noodles
- 10 oz. cottage cheese small curd
- 1/2 cup parmesan grated
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
- salt/pepper
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Cook the chopped onion and ground beef until the beef is fully cooked.
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While the beef is cooking, cut the zucchini and summer squash into small, 1/4" - 1/2" cubes.
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Once the beef is done cooking, set aside and drain.
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Cook the zucchini and summer squash for about 10 minutes.
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Add in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, and spices.
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Continue cooking over medium heat for another 15 minutes, stirring often.
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Add the cooked beef and onions back into the tomato sauce mixture and stir.
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Pour about 1/2 of the tomato sauce mixture into a 8" x 10" casserole dish.
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Place 3 of the lasagna noodles on top of the mixture (breaking each one in half if necessary), pressing each one down so that it's covered with about 1/4" of the tomato mixture on top.
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Add 1/2 of the cottage cheese to the casserole dish.
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Top with 1/2 of the parmesan and 1/2 of the mozzarella.
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Repeat steps 9-12 with the remaining ingredients.
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Cover the casserole dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
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Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes.
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Serve warm and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Carbs: 35Â Fat: 10Â Protein: 26
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I just tried it and it is excellent, very flavorful… Usually, I tend to be a bit disappointed by recipes from blogs, as the dish always looks tastier on the pictures than in reality. This time though, I was really impressed. Will definitely be making it again. Thank you very much for this recipe.
Haha – yes to craving pasta for dinner all the time! Lasagna, especially, is the ultimate comfort food, but traditional ones can be such a calorie bomb – I love that you’ve lightened this up and included lots of veggies! I can’t wait to give this a try. Maybe I can even get my little guy to eat some veg this way! 🙂
This looks like an awesome dinner for any night of the week! And it is healthier too!? Count me in!
Healthy lasagna?? Sign me up! That just means I can have lasagna every day of the week, right??
LOVE that this is lightened up….NICE! I bet it freezes well too, and yes…I would eat lasagna year round if I could !
Lasagna is such a soul-satisfying dish! I love that you added more veggies to lasagna but kept all the classic ingredients like just a little meat and cheese!
This looks like a delicious, healthy recipe. Perfect for weeknight dinners!
I haven’t made lasagna in ages! I love how your recipe is loaded with delicious (and healthy) veggies! Pinning…
We make lasagna quite often, but with a simple tomato sauce, no meat. We like to add ricotta, which is kind of like cottage cheese, Parmigiano, and mozzarella, like you. The added veggies in your lasagna are a nice touch. It makes a wonderful weeknight meal, And yes, leftovers are great!