Low Calorie Lasagna

Low calorie pasta? No way. That's an impossibility, right? Something so gooey and cheesy cannot possibly be low calorie, or low fat for that matter.

WRONG!

Get out your forks, and put away your running shoes. This is one pasta dish guaranteed to put those guilty, "I-Need-to-Workout-Now!" thoughts and feelings out of your mind completely.

Prep time - 20 mins.
Cook time - 45 mins.
Total - 65 mins.
Servings - 18

Ingredients: 

Sauce:
1 lb extra lean ground beef (96/4 if you can find it)
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp Italian seasoning
3 cloves/tsp minced garlic
1 jar of pasta sauce (120 calories per cup or lower)
1 (8 oz) can of tomato sauce

Cheese Filling:
2/3 cup low fat ricotta cheese
2/3 cup fat free cottage cheese
1 cup pureed cauliflower (about 3 cups of steamed pieces before being pureed)
4 egg whites
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp dried oregano

9 whole wheat lasagna noodles

1 cup fat free shredded mozzarella

Directions: 


- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Line 2 8x8 pans with tin foil or parchment paper.
- Boil water and add 9 lasagna noodles (cook according to package directions).
- Brown ground beef (drain grease after browning), add garlic salt and Italian seasonings.
- When meat is thoroughly cooked, add in minced garlic, pasta sauce, and tomato sauce. Simmer in pan.
- Steam cauliflower and puree (you should add in a little water to make it easier to puree).
- Add ricotta and cottage cheese, garlic salt, oregano, and egg whites to food processor and mix until well blended.
- Layer lasagna meat/sauce, noodles, then cheese/cauliflower mixture in pans (cut noodles in half and put 3 halves in each layer).
- Top with shredded mozzarella.
- Bake for 45 minutes, or until brown and bubbly.
- Let cool, and Enjoy!!

The great thing about using two smaller pans, is that you can easily freeze the second pan and prolong the yumminess over several dinners.

Serving size: 2.5x2.5 inch square.

Nutritional Info: 
Servings: 18
Amount per serving:

• Calories: 120.6
• Total Fat: 1.6 g. 
• Cholesterol: 17.4 g.
• Sodium: 357.4 mg (lower this by cutting the added salt, and looking for sauces with lower sodium contents). 
• Total Carbs: 11.2 g.
• Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g.
• Protein: 16.1 g.