Thursday, January 13, 2022

Veggie Loaded Lasagna


650ml jar of tomato sauce (Used Classico Basil Tomato)
1/2 cup of water (Used it to clean out the jar of tomato sauce)
3/4 cup meatless ground round, optional (Used Gardein) 4 oven ready lasagna noodles broken in pieces 1 cup of low fat cottage cheese 1/3 cup of light feta 2 cups of spinach, chopped 4 gloves of garlic, crushed 1 egg 2 cups sliced mushroom 1 1/2 cup grated carrots (about 2 carrots) 1/2 cup light grated cheese 1/4 cup grated parmesan

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (Optional)Lightly coat a 8 inch by 8 inch rectangular baking dish with cooking spray.

2. Stir together egg, cottage cheese, feta, spinach, and garlic

3. In a separate bowl stir tomato sauce, water and meatless ground round.

4. Add 1/2 cup of tomato sauce mix on bottom of baking dish and layer 1/2 of the broken lasagna noodles

5. Spread 1/2 of the cottage cheese mix on noodles, then 1/2 of the mushrooms and carrots. Spread 1/2 of the tomato sauce mix.

6. Layer the last half of the broken lasagna noodles and repeat the layers. (remaining cattage cheese mixture, mushrooms, carrots and tomato sauce mix)

7. Cover with foil and bake for 60-70 minutes.

8. Uncover and add the 1/2 cup light cheese and 1/4 cup parmesan.  Bake uncovered for another 20 minutes or until it has slightly browned and bubbly. 

9. Let it set for 15-20 minutes. 




Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving 
Calories387
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.8g19%
Saturated Fat 5.7g28%
Cholesterol 63mg21%
Sodium 1087mg47%
Total Carbohydrate 39.5g14%
Dietary Fiber 7.4g26%
Total Sugars 12.5g 
Protein 25.3g 
Vitamin D 132mcg658%
Calcium 325mg25%
Iron 4mg22%
Potassium 380mg8%

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Crockpot Beef, Beans and Tomato Soup


1.5lbs beef stew meat
1 can of black beans
796ml can of diced tomato
4 cups broth
2 tsp dried herbs
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp salt
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder
2 cups diced carrots
2 cups diced celery
1 cup diced mushrooms
4 cups of water

    1. Place all ingredients into Crockpot.

    2. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-6 hours


Nutrition Facts
Servings: 8
Amount per serving 
Calories263
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.4g16%
Saturated Fat 4.8g24%
Cholesterol 61mg20%
Sodium 1363mg59%
Total Carbohydrate 13.4g5%
Dietary Fiber 3.7g13%
Total Sugars 6.2g 
Protein 23.7g 
Vitamin D 32mcg158%
Calcium 73mg6%
Iron 1mg7%
Potassium 368mg8%