Healthy slow cooker butternut squash lasagna
A delicious grain-free dinner recipe, packed with veggies and protein. This is great to make at the beginning of the week, and enjoy the leftovers for lunches.
- Prep Time: 15
- Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
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- 1 large butternut squash, peeled and sliced into “lasagna noodles”
- 1/2 sweet onion, diced
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 bag of spinach
- 12 oz chicken sausage, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and pepper
- 1 jar of your favorite marinara sauce
- Cheese of choice
- 1/4 cup fresh basil
Instructions
- 1. In a large saucepan, saute the onion, garlic, and season well with salt and pepper. Cook until fragrant- about 3 minutes. Stir in the chicken sausage and spinach, and cook until the spinach is wilted and the sausage is browned. Remove from heat.
- 2. In the bowl of the slow cooker, add a spoonful of sauce, and using the back of your spoon, smooth out to coat the bottom. Add 1/3 of the butternut squash noodles, 1/2 the chicken sausage mixture, and sprinkle with cheese of choice. Add 1/3 of the remaining sauce.
- 3. Top again with butternut squash, filling, cheese and sauce. The top layer will be butternut squash, sauce, cheese, and 1/4 cup of fresh basil.
- 4. Cook in the slow cooker on low for 5-6 hours, or high for 3-4 hours, until the butternut squash is soft and tender.
- 5. Serve with extra cheese and fresh basil on top.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
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