Sweet Potato Lasagne
DinnerIn this recipe, sweet potato slices replace pasta slices to provide great flavour and offer a different take on traditional lasagne.You will not believe the speed it disappears when you place it in front of your family and friends!
Calories690kcal
Carbs43g
Protein60g
Fats30.7g
For Exercise DayPerformance Benefits
This recipe is a dream combination of slow-digesting and nutritious sweet potato and high-protein beef, making it perfect for a busy exercise day.
Health Benefits
Calcium plays an important role in health including bone formation and density, muscle contraction, protein synthesis and maintaining heart health.
Expert Tips
This recipe works great as a meal prep option.
Equipment
- Oven
- Medium bowl
- Large pan
Ingredients
For the sweet potato lasagne
- 3 Sweet potato
- 3 clove Garlic
- 600 g Ground beef
- 150 g Chorizo
- 1 Tin of tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Tomato puree
- 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp Oregano (dried)
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 8 Mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 Onion (diced)
- ½ tsp Salt
- 100 g Mozzarella cheese
- 50 g Aged red cheddar cheese
For the sauce
- 33 tbsp Greek yoghurt (500g)
- 500 g Cottage cheese
- 1 Free-range egg
- 1 handful Parsley
- 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190°C.
- Slice the sweet potatoes into long wide thin slices.
- Place the sliced sweet potato in a pre-heated oven to cook for 20 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, combine the cottage cheese with the egg, yoghurt, olive oil and finely chopped parsley. Mix well and then set aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp. olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pan. Once hot, add the lean beef, chorizo, dried oregano, salt, garlic, onions and cumin. Cook this until it becomes well-browned, roughly 5 minutes.
- Once the meat is well-browned, remove it from the pan and set aside.
- Then, add in the mushrooms and cook for an additional 4-5 minutes.
- Return the cooked beef and add the tomatoes and tomato puree into the pan and stir to mix well.
- To assemble the lasagne, use a 9x16 casserole dish and create the first layer with the pre-cooked sweet potato slices. Make the slices overlap so there are no spaces.
- Pour out half of the meat sauce over the sweet potato slices and spread out evenly.
- Pour out half of the cottage cheese mixture over the meat sauce and spread evenly.
- Repeat these three steps with another layer of sweet potato slices, meat sauce, and then the cottage cheese.
- Top with a thin layer of sliced fresh mozzarella and aged red cheddar and then cover with tin foil.
- Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Notes
1 portion of "Sweet Potato Lasagne" is equivalent to 682g.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 690kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 60gFat: 30.7gSaturated Fat: 13.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0.87gCholesterol: 88mgSodium: 973mgPotassium: 94mgFiber: 6.7gSugar: 21.9gVitamin A: 1212ugVitamin C: 66mgCalcium: 515mgIron: 4.7mg
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