Check out the recipe for this gluten free, low carb, low fat, high protein, very low calorie lasagna! Made with zucchini, fat free cheeses, and 99% lean ground turkey, we have a filling dinner!
My goal with this lasagna was to lower calories to maintain my weight loss, lower the carbs, keep protein high and lower the fat. And I achieved it without compromising a thing!
How I got this lasagna lower in calories
Traditional lasagna can exceed 350 calories per slice. Some recipes are much higher than that. This one however came down to only 98 calories per the same size of a slice of lasagna. Not only that, the protein stayed high (15 grams) and the fat was low (only 1.4 grams.. FOR LASAGNA!)
Definitely a small miracle.
Using Zucchini instead of pasta
The first swap was replacing the lasagna pasta noodle with zucchini. The zucchini can serve as the pasta layers, while bringing down all of our macros. Cup for cup you
- Save 170 calories by using zucchini instead of pasta and
- Save 35 grams of carbs using zucchini. (get more ideas for replacing pasta with zucchini here)
Using fat free cheeses instead of full fat
I understand fat is not a bad thing. I understand we need fat in our diet. HOWEVER, I’d rather get my fat from other clean sources like avocados and coconuts, rather than cheese.
In addition, getting fat free cheeses drops the calories! So, for me, this is a win win! I found fat free mozzarella and Walmart, and fat free cottage cheese is everywhere. This saved a huge amount of calories and fat.
Using 50 calorie spaghetti sauce (Classico)
I turned over every jar of pasta sauce at the store, and found the Classico had 50 calories per half cup. The others had about 60 or 70, with some even more. For 3 servings, that potentially could have added 60 more calories.
Using 99% Lean Ground turkey
And the final savings came from using 99% lean ground turkey. I found this at Walmart. 85% lean ground turkey has 170 calories (per 4 ounces), whie the 99% lean only has 100 calories. Plus, you save 7 grams of fat for every four ounces.
So, that leads me to the final recipe! Go our and track down some fat free cheese and zucchini, and you can have this on your table in no time!
Scroll down to the printable recipe widget and you can get all the steps outlined in these images below!
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I have lots of Zucchini for this!