Grain-Free, Dairy-Free Zucchini Lasagna
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 - 6 servings 1x
Scale
Ingredients
- 4 – 5 small to medium organic zucchini
- 10 oz. box of mushrooms cleaned and sliced
- 1 large onion chopped
- 5 – 6 cloves of garlic minced
- Olive oil for sauteing
- 3 cups Squash Gravy
- 2 pound chopped beef (where to buy grassfed beef)
Instructions
- First order of business is to peel and slice the zucchini – I just used a knife and slice them around 1/8″ thick. You could do this a little thicker and/or use a mandolin (carefully!)
- Cut the zucchini in half and then slice
- Lay the slices out on large cookie sheets with paper towel under
- Sprinkle with sea salt or Kosher salt
- Leave at least 15 minutes to release water, then wipe water off and turn the pieces and salt again for another 15 minutes – then wipe again
- While you are waiting for the zucchini, saute the onions and mushrooms, leaving the garlic until the last minutes just to heat until fragrant (one minute) and set aside
- Preheat the oven to 350º F
- Now brown the meat in the same fry pan you just used for the onions and mushrooms
- Pour off the extra fat and set the beef aside
- When the zucchini has finished “sweating” you want to bake it for 15 minutes in the oven to dry it out a bit
- Remove the paper towels from the cookie sheets and place the slices one layer thick
- Bake at 350º F for about 15 minutes – that should be enough to dry and soften the zucchini
- Putting it Together
- Spoon a layer of the thick sauce on the bottom of the baking pan
- Add a layer of zucchini
- Add a layer of the meat and sprinkle the mushroom and onions on top
- Add another layer of sauce and then zucchini and again the meat and mushrooms
- If you are using the white sweet potato, crumble it as the topmost layer
- Cover and bake for 30 minutes or until a knife goes through easily
- Uncover and cook for 10 minutes to get the top crispy before serving – or skip this step
- Let cool for 10 minutes to set
- Cut pieces and serve
- Cool and refrigerate or freeze cut portions