Recipe: Tasty Squash Lasagna

Squash Lasagna. Use a vegetable peeler to peel the yellow squash into ribbons. Add the squash to a large bowl. Scrape flesh from butternut squash into a bowl; stir with a fork until evenly mashed.

Add the squash and toss to coat. Pour the water into the skillet and then cover and simmer over medium. Layer one-third of the remaining tomato sauce over the lasagna noodles and then layer half of the ricotta mixture. You can have Squash Lasagna using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Squash Lasagna

1. It's 1 can of tomato paste.
2. You need 10 of roma tomatoes.
3. It's 1 bunch of basil.
4. Prepare 1 of large purple onion.
5. It's 1 clove of garlic.
6. It's 2 lbs of ground beef.
7. You need 1 lb of ground sausage.
8. It's 6-10 of zucchini and/or yellow squash.
9. It's 2 pint of containers of ricotta cheese.
10. Prepare 1 block of mozzarella.
11. It's of Olive oil.
12. Prepare of Itallian seasoning or equivalent fresh herbs.

Layer half of the summer squash over the ricotta and then spread one-third of the. Place tomatoes in a food processor or blender; cover and process until smooth. Add the water, tomato paste, parsley and seasonings. Place squash in a single layer on paper towels.

Squash Lasagna instructions

1. Chop onions, tomatoes, basil, and garlic to desired size. I'm 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. I'll 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!.

Press with additional paper towels to remove excess moisture. In a large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Place cut-sides up on a baking sheet. Remove lasagna noodles from baking dish and transfer to clean dish towels to blot excess moisture. Summer squash lasagna, looks and tastes very similar to a traditional lasagna recipe but much healthier!