How to Prepare Perfect Squash Lasagna

How to Prepare Perfect Squash Lasagna Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Squash Lasagna. In a skillet, cook the beef, zucchini and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the squash and toss to coat.

I didn't notice any liquid pooling on the top of my sauce so I don't think it was from the diced tomatoes.

I had a lot of "spaghetti" from the squash and I'm glad I had made a lot of sauce.

Add this creamy, cheesy lasagna to your list of delicious make-ahead casseroles.

You can cook Squash Lasagna using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Squash Lasagna

1. Prepare of tomato paste.

2. Prepare of roma tomatoes.

3. It’s of basil.

4. Prepare of large purple onion.

5. You need of garlic.

6. You need of ground beef.

7. You need of ground sausage.

8. It’s of zucchini and/or yellow squash.

9. It’s of containers of ricotta cheese.

10. Prepare of mozzarella.

11. Prepare of Olive oil.

12. You need of Itallian seasoning or equivalent fresh herbs.

Add a single layer of lasagna noodles followed by a layer of squash.

Season with salt and pepper and top with half the spinach, a third of the mozzarella, and about ¾ cup white sauce.

Use a vegetable peeler to peel the yellow squash into ribbons.

Add the squash to a large bowl.

Squash Lasagna step by step

1. Chop onions, tomatoes, basil, and garlic to desired size. Im pretty rough with this and call it rustic..

2. Cut squash in rounds with mandolin..

3. Brown Meat in a little olive oil. I like to do this in a cast iron pan. Drain and set aside..

4. Carmelize onions in olive oil and/or meat drippings. Ill usually just toss them in the same cast iron. Then add fresh basil, garlic, and tomatoes. A few minutes later add tomato paste and seasoning..

5. Add in meat and mix together. Remove from heat..

6. Create bottom layer of squash in a casserole pan..

7. Add sauce to casserole pan..

8. Add layer of ricotta cheese to casserole pan..

9. Add top layer of squash in casserole pan..

10. Slice rough rounds of mozzarella for top of casserole pan..

11. Bake in oven for 30-45 mins on 350 until cheese is melted to your preference..

12. Serve!.

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Add a final layer of lasagna noodles, then add the remaining tomato sauce and mozzarella.