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Okay, let me start off by saying it tastes way better than it looks... :'D My pictures were pretty poor this time around, but the meal was delicious, so I thought I'd share it anyways.
This was my first time attempting lasagna. There were many oops made a long the way (the noodles stuck together while boiling T_T ) -- but, the recipe is pretty solid.
It'll taste yummy, but it'll be up to your skills on how pretty you can make it!
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TURKEY & VEGETABLE LASAGNA
INGREDIENTS
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- salt
- pepper
- oregano
- olive oil
- 1 lb of ground turkey
- 1 onion
- 3-4 zucchini
- 1 box of lasagna noodles (i used whole grain :0)
- 1 can of diced tomatoes
- 1 container of ricotta cheese
- 1 jar of pasta sauce
- 1/2 lb mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon of minced/crushed garlic
- 2 cups of mozzarella cheese (i used rice mozzarella cheese :0)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese
OPTIONAL: green onions to garnish
OTHER THINGS YOU NEED!
- baking dish. 9 x 4" pan works.
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not as pretty QQ
Now that you've got your ingredients...
ARE YOU READY? Let's get cooking :D GL HF GG!
PROCEDURE
PREP TIME: ~20mins
COOK TIME: ~50mins
- Boil your pasta. Make sure to stir the lasagna pieces otherwise they will stick together
 Don't forget to salt the water! Remove pasta when done! (should take between 4min - 6mins; but read the instructions on your box)
- Pre-heat your oven to 375 º F or ~190 º C
- Dice your zucchini, mushrooms and onions.
- In a hot pan with a little olive oil, sautee your diced vegetables. Season with salt and pepper Reduce the heat and let them "sweat" (cook on maybe medium heat and cook until you see a lot of water coming out)
- Remove your vegetables and set aside for later.
- Add a little bit more oil to the pan and add in the turkey.
- Add your minced garlic to the turkey. season with salt and pepper. With a fork, separate the turkey into tiny chunks. Add in your 1 can of tomatoes to cook with the turkey.
- Let turkey cook until brown! Then remove from heat and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine a beaten egg and your ricotta cheese. Add 1/4 of your parmesan cheese and your mozzarella cheese. Mix thoroughly.
- In your baking dish, begin to line up your lasagna pieces. They'll prob overlap.
- Put some of your turkey/vegetable mixture on top of the lasagna pieces.
- put a few spoonfuls of your pasta sauce to coat the turkey vegetable mixture.
- Place more lasagna pieces on top of your veg/turkey mixture.
- Spread the cheese mixture on the lasagna pieces. Then place more lasagna pieces ontop. Repeat this order (veg/turkey mix -> cheese -> veg/turkey mix -> cheese) until you run out of lasagna.
- With your remaining pasta sauce, cover your entire lasagna! Then dump the rest of your cheese.
- HOORAY YOU'RE ALMOST DONE. Take this time to celebrate because you just worked your butt off for this... but it's not over yet.
- Place your lasagna in the oven. Let it bake for about 30 mins.
- Remove your lasagna, wait about 10mins and then dig in!!
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What it looks like before it goes in the oven! I took this with my phone ): super bad quality
This lasagna makes about like 6-8 servings.
YAY THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK ): BUT IT'S WORTH IT! I promise.
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i only clicked because I saw porn. but, I might actually make something like this after christmas. looks good 
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Damn, that looks good. I may have to make this over the break
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Food food food!
those look delicious. Can you share more recipes?
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Oh gosh it looks good. Lasagna is one of my favorite foods ever. I never had it with Turkey though! I think I need to try this.
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how have i missed all your blogs....my goodness.
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You must be rich.
@.@ WHOLE FOODS!
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Are you self-taught? You're doing good either way, like your blogs.
Btw, my friend loves Trader Joe's, can you explain why they good?
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OMG thanks for the recipe , I am going to try making this one of this days
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On December 19 2011 15:35 iSometric wrote:
You must be rich.
@.@ WHOLE FOODS!
D: I typically shop at Trader Joe's which is like a lot cheaper, but I didn't think Trader Joe's had the whole grain lasagna noodles... So I just went to Whole Foods instead.
Total cost for the lasagna stuff was around ~$27 USD... but for like 6 servings, that's not too shabby!
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On December 19 2011 15:48 discodancer wrote:
Are you self-taught? You're doing good either way, like your blogs.
Btw, my friend loves Trader Joe's, can you explain why they good?
Yeah, I'm self-taught. I thought about going to culinary school after high school, but I decided against it and I went to business school. :0
Trader Joe's is just like a regular grocery store that sells mostly Trader Joe's branded items. It's usually A LOT cheaper than what you'd find at other grocery stores.
But the problem is you won't really find a variety of things like at regular grocery stores. They just have a lot of staple goods like packaged meats, bread, vegetables, canned goods, etc.
Like that Crushed Garlic there is about $1.99 ... Whole Foods has it for like $3.50 T_T;
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its 11:50pm over here. Its bloody cold, and there were 2 threads on glorious food.
Im hungry T.T
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omg looks lovely lol
Would lvoe that now!!!
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Yay! I always love to cook a huge amount of Lasagna and then eat it over the course of several days <3
Looks pretty good, I'd say that it still qualifies as food porn as I'm hungry now!
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This food looks unhealthy...
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On December 20 2011 03:57 ffswowsucks wrote:
This food looks unhealthy...
The worst thing in this meal is the Ricotta cheese. I really wanted to substitute soy ricotta cheese instead, but I couldn't find any. u_u
:\ But realistically, this lasagna is pretty damn healthy relative to other lasagna.
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omnomnomnomnom, so delicious!
Thanks for blogging this, made me decide to have Lasagna for dinner, even if I probably changed every part of the recipe that could possibly be changed 
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On December 20 2011 05:04 kierpanda wrote:The worst thing in this meal is the Ricotta cheese. I really wanted to substitute soy ricotta cheese instead, but I couldn't find any. u_u :\ But realistically, this lasagna is pretty damn healthy relative to other lasagna.
Lol, guy doesn't know what he's talking about. It's goddamn TURKEY too. People always find a way to bitch and moan about something.
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On December 20 2011 05:47 iaretehnoob wrote:omnomnomnomnom, so delicious! Thanks for blogging this, made me decide to have Lasagna for dinner, even if I probably changed every part of the recipe that could possibly be changed
Om nom nom nom :D
Is that ret's stream in the background?
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TLO's stream
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Panda whyyyy >.< stop doing this to me so early in the morning I tried to make the last thing you made and it was pretty good though so cheers for that! I'll have to try this out as well Excellent job describing what is needed to be done
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On December 20 2011 20:46 OmniEulogy wrote:Panda whyyyy >.< stop doing this to me so early in the morning I tried to make the last thing you made and it was pretty good though so cheers for that! I'll have to try this out as well Excellent job describing what is needed to be done
QQ!
That's good to hear :D
And thanks! I've been trying to work on making the instructions super easy to understand.
If you make this, just be prepared to have a lot of lasagna. Lol, I think this is day 3 of lasagna left-overs for me.
The lasagna tends to taste a better too with each day. :0 Om nom nom.
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You should try to make the pasta from scratch next time :D
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On December 21 2011 06:00 gullberg wrote:
You should try to make the pasta from scratch next time :D
Dont forget to kill your own turkey and harvest the spices. Make this dish into a 2-day project, why bother using tech advancements to your favor. Pasta-making machines are threating humanity as far as Im concerned.
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On December 21 2011 06:00 gullberg wrote:
You should try to make the pasta from scratch next time :D
QQ too hard.
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On December 21 2011 07:44 discodancer wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2011 06:00 gullberg wrote:
You should try to make the pasta from scratch next time :D Dont forget to kill your own turkey and harvest the spices. Make this dish into a 2-day project, why bother using tech advancements to your favor. Pasta-making machines are threating humanity as far as Im concerned.
Why stop there. Buy your own turkey egg and incubate it until it hatches. Grow your own squashes and tomatoes, make sure to time everything so it comes out at the same time, or else you might not be able to make your lasagna. Plant your wheat during the spring time, harvest in the autumn, then grind your own flour. Meanwhile, buy a goat so you can milk it and make your own cheese.
As you wait for your wheat to grow you can study metallurgy and then forge your own stove. Chop some wood for fuel.
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I bookmarked this. Gonna try this out, looks good!
On December 21 2011 06:00 gullberg wrote:
You should try to make the pasta from scratch next time :D
I tried doing that with ravioli once and it's just too much work lol. Atleast it is by hand, idk if there's a more efficient way.
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Looks so good. And I am already hungry. :S
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i usually use a full out bolognese sauce for my lasagna. but shortcuts are ok. but damn dude, no béchamel?
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I love food blogs! Thanks for the pics and recipe
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On December 21 2011 13:39 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
i usually use a full out bolognese sauce for my lasagna. but shortcuts are ok. but damn dude, no béchamel?
Not this time! I went for a super easy healthier version of lasagna.
@_@ Roux is definitely not that healthy. Though I guess you could use soy milk instead of regular milk for the sauce.
Hmm....
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Love it, been looking for a good turkey recipe!
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On December 21 2011 20:17 UltimateHurl wrote:Love it, been looking for a good turkey recipe!
Ohh I have a lot of turkey recipes :0 I'll post some more later!
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