Healthy One Dish Meal!

Hi again!

So I'm gonna suggest a one-dish meal that is healthy!

First let me show you a picture of the meal(:



Okay so can you guess what it is? That's right, it's lasagna! The difference between the normal lagsana and this lagsana, is that this one ia a "Low Fat Vegetable Lasagna"!

The ingredients are:

* 2 tsp olive oil
* 1 garlic clove, crushed
* 1 medium onion, finely chopped
* 1 1/2 cups cremini mushrooms, sliced
* 1 celery stalk, chopped
* 1 medium carrot, diced
* 1 medium zucchini, chopped
* 1 yellow squash, chopped
* 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
* 2 tbsp tomato paste
* 1 tsp oregano or mixed Italian herbs
* Freshly ground black pepper
* 2 handfuls baby spinach salad leaves, roughly chopped
* 1 15-ounce tub fat-free or low fat ricotta
* 8-ounces no-cook lasagna noodles
* 3/4 cup reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese

And below is how to make it:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees, and coat an 11 X 7-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Heat oil in a large saucepan. Sauté garlic for 1 minute, followed by onion, mushrooms, celery, carrots, zucchini and squash. Gently sauté for 10 minutes until vegetables are softened. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, herbs and some black pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in spinach.

Spread a cup of sauce on the bottom of the baking dish. Top with noodles, followed by half the ricotta cheese; add another layer of sauce, followed by noodles and remaining ricotta cheese. Continue with remaining noodles and sauce, ending with sauce. Top with mozzarella and bake for 30 minutes.

Per Serving:

Calories 303, Calories from Fat 37, Total Fat 4.1g (sat 1.5g), Cholesterol 42mg, Sodium 461mg, Carbohydrate 50.6g, Fiber 4.6g, Protein 15.8g

Compare to normal lagsagna:

Calories 452, Calories from Fat 193, Total Fat 21.4 g, Cholesterol 88mg, Sodium 1750 mg, Carbohydrates 36.5 g, Dietary Fibre 3.9g, Protein 30.4g

It's a world of a difference, and as can be seen from the comparison, everything has been reduced (except the dietary fibre). It also uses lots of vegetables too, which is way way healthier than too much oily meat :D

Enjoy! ^^