This Zucchini Lasagna is a delicious grain free recipe, perfect for using up all those summer squash that the garden is overflowing with.
‘Tis the season for gardens which overfloweth with cucumbers, zinnias, and a whole lot of summer squash. I don’t know how the conditions are in your neck of the woods, but as for the backyard of the farmhouse, zucchini have no trouble thriving.
Usually somewhere around January, my memory of the summer abundance has wiped away, and I throw a couple squash in my grocery cart. When this happens, I know I will be shuddering at the thought of actually paying money for such a vegetable when summer rolls around.
Just a couple of plants will have you swimming in zucchini all summer long.
What’s a girl to do?
Well, I have a few favorites. Zucchini and cheese, which is like macaroni and cheese, except with shredded zuch instead of noodles.
Squash-y eggs. You guessed it. That’s sautéed squash with breakfast.
Zucchini bread. The kids talk me into this at least a couple times every summer.
And, last but not least, zucchini lasagna. Grain free, cheesy, and enjoyed by even the pickiest of children.
Zucchini Lasagna Recipe Video
I did this recipe on Youtube as a collaboration with my friend Emily from Momma From Scratch. You can watch her video, and subscribe to her channel HERE.
Zucchini Lasagna Recipe Ingredients
2 lbs ground beef
2 tablespoons coconut oil
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
1 medium onion, diced
2 medium zucchini, cut in long 1/4″ slices
12 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
8 ounces parmesan cheese, grated
2 cups cottage cheese
2 eggs
1 tsp salt, divided
24 ounces pasta sauce
2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
Zucchini Lasagna Recipe Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large cast iron skillet, brown the ground beef. I like to season mine with 1/2 teaspoon of salt while cooking.
- In another skillet, sauté the onion and mushrooms in the coconut oil, until soft.
- Meanwhile, shred the mozzarella cheese and set aside.
- Grate the parmesan cheese.
- Combine grated parmesan cheese, cottage cheese and eggs.
- Combine cooked onions and mushrooms, browned ground beef and pasta sauce.
- Assemble the lasagna with a layer of pasta sauce, sliced zucchini, more pasta sauce, half the cottage cheese mixture, half the shredded cheese and then repeat. Sprinkle the zucchini with 1/2 teaspoon salt while assembling.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cooked through.
- Sprinkle with chopped basil.
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Zucchini Lasagna
This delicious recipe is a great way to use up all those summer zucchini. It's also grain free, and a great way to sneak in a few extra vegetables.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 medium zucchini, cut in long 1/4" slices
- 12 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 8 ounces parmesan, grated
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp salt, divided
- 24 ounces pasta sauce
- 2 tbsp fresh basil , chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large cast iron skillet, brown the ground beef. I like to season mine with 1/2 teaspoon of salt while cooking.
- In another skillet, sauté the onion and mushrooms in the coconut oil, until soft.
- Meanwhile, shred the mozzarella cheese and set aside.
- Grate the parmesan cheese.
- Combine grated parmesan cheese, cottage cheese and eggs.
- Combine cooked onions and mushrooms, browned ground beef and pasta sauce.
- Assemble the lasagna with a layer of pasta sauce, sliced zucchini, more pasta sauce, half the cottage cheese mixture, half the shredded cheese and then repeat. Sprinkle the zucchini with 1/2 teaspoon salt while assembling.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cooked through.
- Sprinkle with chopped basil.
Sara says
Oh man! That looks SOOOO YUMMY! I can’t get my husband and youngest to eat lasagna unless it has noodles it it! My oldest and I could eat the entire thing! I wonder if I made this with a side of spaghetti if they would eat it???
Annie says
Lisa this sounds delicious ? What a tasty way to use up extra zucchini.
Just like your garden, mine is starting produce a lot of zucchini too. You can be sure this recipe will be added to my recipe box and I’m sure it will be a family favorite. (who doesn’t love lasagna with melted mozzarella on it?)
Thank you for sharing you ideas with us.
Annie
Lynne says
Everything is perfect here, Lisa! ❤️?❤️
Rosanna says
Extra zucchini??Take it to church and tag it with a free sign!!Ooorrr…look for unlocked vehicles,n put the bag on the front seat for em-free gift ?!!?
Tina says
That lasagna looks delicious! My favorite way to use up zucchinni is to make relish! Which we use on everything from hamburgers to tacos!
Alyssa says
Do you have a recipe for your relish?
Kahy says
This looks and sounds delicious! I do want to make it
I’m wondering, though … 2 LBS.of fresh basil? Is that correct?
Lisa says
Whoops! I meant 2 tablespoons. 2 lbs could you imagine?! Yikes! Haha.
Norma says
Thanks for these great recipe ideas! I made a close version of this with homemade spaghetti sauce and it was delicious! Will definitely make it again and again!
Thanks again.
Lisa says
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed this recipe Norma! 🙂
helen says
Lisa, we just made this recipe tonight and it is beyond AMAZING! So much flavour, perfect texture and so so easy. Thank you so much for sharing what is sure to become a family favourite and a recipe my kids make when they head back to University in the fall. –Helen
Colleen says
I was going to make similar dish with spaghetti squash but when I went to the store today they didn’t have any. Then I remembered seeing this video and grabbed some zucchini. I loved the texture of the zucchini layers! I made the meat sauce with ground chuck, garlic, kalamata olives, and tomato-basil sauce. I also put lots of fresh basil in the ricotta cheese mixture. I did not miss the pasta one bit! (I sure do wish my kids and husband felt the same way. Oh well, more for me!)
Julie says
This looks delicious and a great solution for my family with half the family members avoiding gluten. Thank you! I would love to see your recipe for zucchini & cheese. I think the kids would love that, too!
Lisa says
Hope you enjoy it as much as we do! I’ll make a note of that to add at some point soon.