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Zucchini and Chicken Lasagna with High-Protein Cheese

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Today we're making a zucchini and chicken lasagna with thin zucchini ribbons, tomato sauce, and melted cheese that is pure comfort from the very first bite. We assemble it in no time and let the oven do the rest. It's a wholesome homemade recipe that you can easily customize with your favorite veggies for a fresh twist every time.

Prep: 20 minCook: 30 minServes: 4

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you need for this recipe

  • 2 large zucchinis
  • 4 free-range chicken burger patties
  • Healthy tomato sauce
  • High-protein cheese
  • Pink Himalayan salt
  • Oregano

Tools

  • Mandoline

Step by step

Method

  1. 1Wash the zucchinis and cut them into very thin ribbons using a mandoline.
  2. 2Crumble or mince the burger patties.
  3. 3Pour about 200ml of healthy tomato sauce into a skillet and cook the minced meat in it.
  4. 4Season to taste with salt and dried oregano.
  5. 5Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
  6. 6Assemble the lasagna in an ovenproof baking dish.
  7. 7Layer tomato sauce, zucchini ribbons, meat sauce, and cheese.
  8. 8Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used up.
  9. 9Top with tomato sauce and plenty of grated cheese (I also added a few dollops of soft spreadable cheese).
  10. 10Bake for 20 min at 180ºC with the grill element off.
  11. 11All done! Our Zucchini and Chicken Lasagna is ready.

Extra Notes

  1. 1You can make this exact recipe using minced chicken breast, different vegetables, or whatever you have on hand.
  2. 2Zucchini is about 93% water, so it's completely normal to find some liquid or pan juices at the bottom of the baking dish.

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