Tomorrow is my official weigh-in day, but being a daily weigher that I am, I already stepped on the scale this morning. I am happy to report I have lost 10 lbs since I started the 30 Day Challenge to stay On Plan with the Warriors Have a Heart Group on Facebook. This is only the third week so I have one more week to go! I have to say that I am already so proud that I have lost 10 lbs on this challenge and I couldn't be happier with the amount of weight I have lost so far. Sometimes we need these little challenges to kick us in the butt and get us going! Thanks DeAnn McAdoo for starting this challenge! I still have 18 lbs left to goal, but it is so close that I can see it just right over the horizon :) Then transition here I come!
Now doesn't that lasagna look delicious! It is already making my mouth drool! Thanks to Martha Maines for sharing her photo of her meat lasagna with us! We so greatly appreciate it! She says the lasagna is blog worthy and delicious so I will go ahead and post this recipe up for you guys! This is a recipe I converted to be a little more Medifast friendly from "Livin' Low Carb" by George Stella. I love his cook books! I can't say enough great things about his recipes! It has no pasta in it which is why we love it because no pasta means less carbs! You can always use some sliced zucchini or cabbage leaves as pasta noodles if you so desire. Honestly, you really won't miss the pasta anyways because you have all that yummy cheese and meat sauce to make up for it! I think cheese makes most everything great! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Photo courtesy of Martha A. Maines
Meat Lasagna
Slightly adapted from George Stella "Livin' Low Carb"
Ingredients:
10 oz cooked 93% ground beef (2 Leans)
1 cup canned Italian diced tomatoes - less than 5 g of carbs per 1/2 cup - (2 Greens)
1/4 tsp garlic powder (1 Condiment)
1/8 tsp salt - optional (.50 Condiment)
1/8 tsp pepper (.25 Condiment)
Cheese Filling:
4 oz or 1/2 cup part skim ricotta cheese (2 to 3 g fat per oz) (1/2 Lean)
6 oz or 1 1/2 cups reduced fat mozzarella cheese, divided (1 1/2 Leans)
3 tbsp reduced fat parmesan cheese (3 Condiments)
2 tbsp egg beaters
1/4 tsp garlic powder (1 Condiment)
1 tsp Italian Seasoning (2 Condiments)
1/8 tsp pepper (.25 Condiments)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add tomatoes, garlic powder, salt and pepper to already cooked and weighed ground beef. Simmer for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
Mix the ingredients for the cheese filling using only 3/4 cup of mozzarella.
Fill the bottom of a baking dish with the meat filling and top with the cheese filling. Cover the top with the remaining 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Bake for 40 minutes until the top because bubbly. Let cool 10 minutes before slicing (the lasagna will hold together better). Divide into 4 equal portions. These freeze great in those Ziploc containers.
4 Servings with 1 Lean, 1/2 of 1 Green (Still need 2 1/2 Greens), and 2 Condiments per serving
42 comments:
Sandy this is insanely good!! OMG I feel like I'm cheating. I don't think I will ever go back to regular lasagna after tasting this version. Thank you for posting this gem!
I love this recipe! I have made it twice in one month. Thank you so much for coming up with this tasty treat.
This looks amazing, but I'm a novice cook - what size baking dish did you use? Thanks!
I used an 8 inch square baking dish :)
I made this last week, and it was sooooooo good! Sandy, I mention your blog in my blog, hope that's okay; you're my new hero!
Thanks Sue! This is one of my favorite medifast meals!
Sandy, I can't believe these meals are for the medifast plan!!!!! I can't wait til I start making them. My friend recommended me to your website :)
I am so glad I found your blog! I'm gonna be trying this and many other recipes! Day 2 on MF and this is so exciting!
I love all your recipes! They look amazing, but I thought that you couldn't eat chesse on the Medifast diet?
Yes, cheese is allowed on plan. You can have 4 oz of reduced fat cheese that falls between 3 to 6 grams of fat per oz as one lean. :)
I have to try this, it looks delicious!
What would you think about using "noodles" of thinly slices zucchini? Do you think that would work well?
Brigitte, yes it tastes really good with zucchini or squash. I actually made another recipe with ground beef and sliced squash. Check it out http://www.sandyskitchenadventures.com/2011/05/italian-ground-beef-squash-casserole.html Or you could add the sliced zucchini to the meat lasagna. Yum :)
Tried this last night and it was so-o-o good!! Thanks for the recipe! Trying your Buffalo Chicken tonight for the Super Bowl!
Another yummy success!!! So easy to make!
Thank you for all the great recipes, I am loving being able to still cook dinner & be on the plan! So far I've made the lasagna, taco bake & your buffalo chicken, everything has been amazing, thank you for sharing this site & your story, I'm 3 weeks in on MF and you've helped keepme going with all these good eats!!!
THANK YOU so much! Made this tonight for my husband and I (we are both on MF) and it was wonderful! YUMMY!
I have been on Medifast for two weeks and am very new to the program and I see that you said we can have cheese. I thought there was no dairy on this diet and where does it say it is allowed?
Nicole: http://www.medifastmedia.com/shared/docs/meatless_options_list.pdf
Nicole, do you have a health coach? They should help you through those questions. If not, feel free to follow me on Facebook & ask any questions anytime! I LOVE Sandy's Kitchen for a resource for my clients because she has done so much amazing work to take the guesswork out of it for us! http://facebook.com/healthconfessions or my website at: http://healthconfessions.com
sandy, my mom will not eat ground beef. how much ground turkey does she need for this recipe?
I believe you can have 7 oz of the 99% fat free ground turkey, 6 oz of the 97%-98% fat free or 5 oz of the 93% fatfree. You may want to check with Nutrition Support to be sure though since I haven't been on Medifast for a while due to being pregnant.
OMG....made this tonight for dinner and got a thumbs up from everyone....even the grumpy hubby. He said I should make this every night that he finally feel full! I told him I had more of your recipes to try:) Thanks
First off this was great and thank you for sharing. Second, I was looking though the handbook and didn't see anything that would consist of a healthy fat. You said that we would need to still have 2.5 "greens" and 2 condiments. I was curious if we were still to have any healthy fats? Thanks again
No healthy fat is required since you are using 93% ground beef and 2% reduced fat cheese. These two leans fall under the category that does not need a healthy fat. I hope that helps.
Made this for dinner with zucchini and it is my FAVORITE so far.
I love the pizza, but it's not as filling.
Thanks, Sandy! I didn't even miss REAL lasagna.
Are all of the recipes under "medifast recipes only" meet the requirments for medifast?
Yes they are :)
Is there any way you could give a total carb count for this recipe?
@Nicole and Everyone:
Here is MF Nutrition Support answer to the cheese question:
http://mfboards.mymedifast.com/showthread.php?t=61908
Sue
Tried the lasagna last night. Soooo yummy! Thanks for sharing these recipes. I can't wait to try more!
I just made this, but we didn't have a small enough baking dish for this amount- so I used little ramekin dishes to make individual servings! I'm very excited for how it turns out!
Delicious and so easy! Added some noodles and a litke more sauce for the family and we were all happy campers!!!
Delicious and so easy! Added some noodles and a litke more sauce for the family and we were all happy campers!!!
Just had this. It was really good. I think the next time I might add spinach and eggplant for the greens also. I might also try the ramekins. That's a good way for separating portions evenly.
okay, going to ask again for this recipe (it looks soo yummy)since I am brand new to medifast and I am tired of eating grilled chicken salads, lol!! When I cut this into 4 portions, only 1 I eat and then I still have to have more greens?
This recipe is delicious! I just started medifast and this was a great treat! I used 99% lean ground turkey instead of the beef, it still came out spectacular!! Thank you so much for all the work you do for us sandy! I look forward to more medifast recipes! :)
Sandy, I have made this recipe as well as several others on your site. They are sooo good! Even my Italian husband loved the lasagna casserole with spaghetti squash. Thank you so much for these wonderful recipes!
I am not on Medifast anymore but going on a cruise in 2 weeks so plan to be back on program. I am so happy I found you. I was looking for great ideas when on the plan. This is super!!!!
Making this for dinner tonight, browning ground beef now. Came back over to check about dish size and was so glad I saw the 8" square one was used. We have four people in our family so all will get a good slice then a healthy salad with it.
I really appreciate all of the recipes that help us follow the plan and enjoy our meals.
This was delicious! Even my picky husband ate it!
I Just Made This, And It Is Amazing! Almost Every Meal Since I Went On Take Shape Corp Life Has Come From Your Blog Thank You So Much! (My Phone Feels It Must Capitalize Every Word, Lol)
Thank you so much for this delicious recipe! I just gobbled it up! I have a question for you, I froze the two other portions into plastic containers, and wondering how do you reheat the next day? Do you defrost it in the fridge during the day, and then microwave or put back in the oven? Thanks for your help!!
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