Zucchini Lasagna

So I posted about a week and a half ago on facebook that we had zucchini lasagna for dinner. Well Last night I made the lasagna again and thought I would post how I made it. I looked at a couple of recipes and got the general gist and then as usual made my own thing. I am sure this is really similar to something someone else has done though. The first thing I guess I should say is that I am a big fan of using what you have. The recipes that I looked at had nice slices of zucchini. I do not have a kitchen tool that will do this. So like when I make zucchini noodles I just use a potato peeler, I simply just used a knife. You will see my precision in the pictures to follow.

Need:

Zucchini (I used 4)

Ricotta Cheese (1.5 C)

Turkey Meat (1lb)

Spaghetti Sauce (2 C, which is roughly 1 jar)

Mozzarella Cheese (1C)

Spinach (2C)

Spices (I used garlic powder, onion powder, and oregano)

So the first thing I did was preheat my oven to 375. I then sliced my zucchini and laid them out on paper towels. 

Notice the evenly cut slices of zucchini. I don't claim to be a pinterest mom, I just make tasty food.

Then I put a little salt on them. I got this tip from a fellow beachbody coach when she made her lasagna. https://sites.google.com/site/jbfamilyroomfitness/recipes/zucchinilasagna It helps pull the water out. I let the salt sit while I brown my turkey in a pan. To the turkey I added my spices. After the turkey was browned I took a paper towel to the zucchini and got rid of the excess moisture. I also added a cup of sauce to the turkey.  Then I made a layer of zucchini in the bottom of the pan. I sprinkled some garlic powder on the zucchini. Then I added all the turkey and sauce on the layer of zucchini. 

I then put down another layer of zucchini. (More garlic Powder.) On top of this zucchini I added the Ricotta then the spinach.

Then I put the final layer of zucchini and more garlic powder. (I like garlic.) I then added the second cup of sauce. On top of it all I put on all the mozzarella cheese. 

Then I put it in the oven and baked for 45 minutes. 

When I pulled it out it still had a LOT of liquid. 

So I carefully drained some of the liquid off. I then cut into 4 and then served. Please forgive the abundance of pictures. I am sure you really didn't need a step by step picture book on how I made my lasagna. I got a new phone, and was excited.

Banana Breakfast Shake

So I have a really hard time eating breakfast in the morning. If I try and eat breakfast it takes me 3-4 hours after I wake up to actually do it. I don't know why I have such a hard time, but I do. A month or so ago, a friend and I were talking about how he makes shakes for breakfast, he loads them up with a bunch of stuff and they last him till 1 or 2 in the afternoon. He has the NurtiNinja, and said it did a great job. His wife commented on how it blends up the seeds in strawberries. So I went to check it out. It was on sale at my local Walmart. So I bought it. Since then I have breakfast shakes. It has made a huge difference in my day. So I am going to share my favorite. I have this one at least twice a week. I adapted this from a shake I found from Google, that I cant actually find anymore. The original recipe called for a lot more almond milk and peanut butter. This is more fix friendly.

8oz of unsweetened almond milk

1 banana

2 tsp peanut butter

1/4 cup of old fashioned oats (At this point I just put in a small handful and say it is about 1/4 cup.)

Ice- The amount of ice is up to you. I like mine really thick so I add a lot of ice. 

I used to blend the almond milk and the oats first, and then add the banana and peanut butter, which I blended again. In fact that is how I made my husband's shake this morning. I ran out of time this morning making my own shake and had to run my eldest to school. So I left the oats in the almond milk for about 20 minutes before returning home and finishing my shake. This made the oats blend in a lot smoother. So if your blender is less powerful, or you want your shake smoother that is the way to go. Probably something I will start doing in the future. So there you go. My go to breakfast.