Ziti
Meaty, cheesy and delicious, this Ziti gets all the YUM without the high carb, processed pasta.
1 full recipe (873 grams) of Your Lean Life Tomato Sauce or your low carb sauce of choice
1 pound 96% ground beef
3 grams fennel seeds
10 grams Italian seasoning
50 grams raw egg
226 grams 2% cottage cheese
2 grams dried parsley
15 grams large flake nutritional yeast
200 grams fat free shredded mozzarella (divided)
440 grams hearts of palm (chunks or noodles)
Preheat oven to 375F
Toast fennel seeds in dry pan. Add ground beef and brown ground beef . Drain any fat.
Add in Italian seasoning and tomato sauce. Simmer 10-15 minutes or until thickened.
In a food processor, blend cottage cheese, nutritional yeast, egg, parsley and 100g mozzarella cheese until smooth.
Add a thin layer of sauce to the bottom of a nonstick 9×13 pan.
Layer half of the hearts of palm, top with half of the cottage cheeses mix, and half of the meat sauce.
Add remaining hearts of palm, remaining cottage cheeses mix and sauce, and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
Let sit 15 minutes.
Serves 8
Per serving:
Protein 27.4 grams
Total Carbs 12.1 grams
Net Carbs 9 grams
Fat 4.6 grams
Ziti
Meaty, cheesy and delicious, this Ziti gets all the YUM without the high carb, processed pasta.
Ingredients
1 full recipe (873 grams) of Your Lean Life Tomato Sauce or your low carb sauce of choice
1 pound 96% ground beef
3 grams fennel seeds
10 grams Italian seasoning
50 grams raw egg
226 grams 2% cottage cheese
2 grams dried parsley
15 grams large flake nutritional yeast
200 grams fat free shredded mozzarella (divided)
440 grams hearts of palm (chunks or noodles)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375F
Toast fennel seeds in dry pan. Add ground beef and brown ground beef . Drain any fat.
Add in Italian seasoning and tomato sauce. Simmer 10-15 minutes or until thickened.
In a food processor, blend cottage cheese, nutritional yeast, egg, parsley and 100g mozzarella cheese until smooth.
Add a thin layer of sauce to the bottom of a nonstick 9×13 pan.
Layer half of the hearts of palm, top with half of the cottage cheeses mix, and half of the meat sauce.
Add remaining hearts of palm, remaining cottage cheeses mix and sauce, and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Let sit 15 minutes.
Notes
Serves 8
Per serving:
Protein 27.4 grams
Total Carbs 12.1 grams
Net Carbs 9 grams
Fat 4.6 grams
Nutrition
- Fat: 4.6
- Carbohydrates: 12.1
- Protein: 27.4
