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Low Carb Eggplant Lasagna with Meat Sauce

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This was my first go round cooking with eggplant. It is a really popular low carb vegetable, but one I have never really used in my own personal kitchen. It was one of those foods that I always said I didn’t like, when in actuality I had never tried it. I had seen a lot of low carb eggplant recipes floating around and would always say NOPE. I don’t like it. So basically I was acting like a 5 year old. 🙂 Boy, was I wrong. It is delicious. Especially when made into a low carb lasagna recipe.

So what better way to try it out for the first time than covered in cheesy, saucy low carb goodness. If you are not a fan of eggplant but are really missing lasagna since switching to a low carb lifestyle, then I have some amazing options for you as well. How about Low Carb Lasagna Stuffed Peppers? Or maybe my “Just Like the Real Thing” Low Carb Lasagna. Those have both been real crowd pleasers. They come kid and husband approved! Or better yet, try my Low Carb Chicken Cordon Bleu Lasagna. The ham, chicken and swiss cheese come together in perfect harmony to make a delicious spin on low carb lasagna.

For this recipe I left the skin on the lasagna, but you can certainly peel it before cooking. I left it on to help the eggplant stand up to the sauce and the cheese and to prevent it from turning to mush. It really seemed to help.

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Eggplant Lasagna with Meat Sauce – Low Carb, Gluten Free

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  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Yield: Makes 8 Servings 1x
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Ingredients

  • 1 large eggplant
  • 6 cups Hearty Tomato Meat Sauce (get recipe here)
  • 2 cups full fat ricotta cheese
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
  • 8 small fresh basil leaves, chopped
  • 1 tbsp dried oregano

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400° Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
  2. Cut ends off eggplants and slice lengthwise in ¼ inch slices.  You should end up with about 10 slices total.
  3. Brush each slice of eggplant with olive oil on both sides and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.  Bake about 7 minutes each side.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, combine ricotta, Parmesan and basil. Mix until all ingredients are well incorporated.
  5. Pour 2 cups of sauce into the bottom of an 8×13 baking dish.  Spread into an even layer.  On top of the sauce, layer half of the eggplant slices.
  6. Layer on half of the ricotta mixture, spreading evenly across the entire dish.  Sprinkle ½ cup mozzarella cheese on top of the ricotta mixture.
  7. Pour 2 cups of meat sauce on top of the cheese and spread in an even layer across the entire dish.  Layer the remaining eggplant on top of the sauce.
  8. Layer second half of the ricotta mixture, spreading evenly across the entire dish.  Sprinkle ½ cup mozzarella cheese on top of the ricotta mixture.
  9. Pour remaining 2 cups of meat sauce on top of the cheese and spread in an even layer across the entire dish.
  10. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup of mozzarella cheese evenly across the entire dish.  Sprinkle oregano on top of cheese.  Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.  Remove foil and broil on high 5-8 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.

Notes

Per Serving – Calories: 330 | Fat: 20g | Protein: 29g | Net Carbs: 9g

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  1. I made this recipe and it was delicious! I added a little spicy Italian sausage to my meat sauce to give it a kick. Next time I make it, I will remove all the eggplant skin because it can be a little harder to cut through. Also be sure to cut your eggplant slices thin enough that they get cooked fully. I might also consider adding some slices of zucchini in addition!

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    • I’m sorry but fiber is not something I track in my recipes. Do you use Myfitnesspal? If you added the ingredients into there, you could come up with the fiber content fairly easily. Hope this helps. Thanks

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  3. I made this tonight for dinner. I left the meat out and made it vegetarian. It was delicious! Thank you for your recipes!!

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  5. I made this today and it was fantastic. The eggplant required a longer cooking time for my personal taste. I used organice grass fed beef for the first time and I was impressed. No nasty gristle that typically makes me never want to eat ground beef again…I will make it again and it will be an awesome recipe to play with.

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  8. I made this last night- and wow. Everyone enjoyed it (even my 2 year old…who was excited we were having “pizza”…lol) I didn’t make the meat sauce- I made my own sauce, with no meat (as it was meatless monday). This will probably go into our rotation of dinners for once every month or so. Thanks for posting!

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  10. This was fantastic! Rarely do I make a recipe exactly as written, but with this, I did. The sauce is great, the balance of flavors is great. I will make this again and again. Thank you so much for putting lasagna back on the menu in my house!

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  11. I don’t normally leave comments on blog posts but I found this through google and just had to leave some feedback. I’ve made this on Monday, to take to work for lunch and it’s SO good I’ve been taking it every day since, every single lunch this week. Makes me look forward to lunch even. Thank you for this amazing recipe 🙂

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  12. Better than lobster….words I never thought I would hear my husband say about anything. But he did in fact say that after 3 bites of this lasagna. And we just had lobster last weekend for a low carb diet treat. We live in Maine and the man knows his way around a lobster, so believe me, high praise indeed! He’s normally not much of one for vegetables, so the comfort food cookbook has been a lifesaver as we try to back away from a pre-diabetic lifestyle. Thanks so much!

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  14. I’ve just made this but doubled the ingredients. I peeled the eggplant before cutting it into thin slices and pre baking it. Yummy! Thanks for a great recipe!

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  15. Thank you so so much for this recipe. I am actually eating it at the moment. It’s the bomb. I adjusted the seasoning in the sauce to my liking. Other than that, it’s perfect !!! Thank you so much for sharing.

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  17. oh. my. gosh. this was honestly one of the THE MOST delicious things to ever be made in my kitchen! i followed the recipe as written and it was phenomenal! i highly recommend giving this a try. i cannot wait to have leftovers for dinner tonight! thanks for posting such a great recipe! <3

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  19. I found this recipe on Google and I’ve never left a comment on a recipe before so here we go.. I’m following a keto diet but was dying for anything that resembled pasta so I decided to give eggplant lasagna a try. I followed the recipe exactly, including the meat sauce, and oh my word it is SO GOOD! Kicked my pasta craving out the window and definitely left me satisfied. I would say though that I wish I used 2 eggplants because one didn’t seem to cover the layers enough.. maybe my eggplant just wasn’t big enough, I don’t know. I would also peel the eggplants to make them easier to cut, especially when ready to serve. I sort of struggled keeping the eggplants from sliding out of their layers. Other than that, it’s absolute perfection!

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  20. The favor if this dish is fantastic ! One issue I encountered was that the eggplant was so tough’.. I had to use a steak knife to cut thru it… the only thing I forgot to do was add foil on top while baking .. could that be the reason? Has anyone else encountered this? I have put it back in the oven now to try to get it to soften up, any suggestions welcome!! Thanks

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  22. I love lasagna and eggplant, and since going keto I haven’t had either. So glad I found this recipe. I can’t wait to try it!

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  23. Made this tonight and I can’t believe how amazing this is!! The tomato meat sauce recipe is superb! I am a fan for life.

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  24. I made this tonight and added garlic powder to the cheese mixture. This was a fabulous recipe! The eggplant was incredible. My husband who normally doesn’t go for Italian food absolutely loved this -he was amazed at how good it was. Thanks!

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  28. The flavors here are outstanding. The eggplant takes on the flavor of the dish and is nearly indistinguishable from “real” pasta, except perhaps for a bit of the mouthfeel/texture. This dish refrigerates extremely well and tastes just as good or even better the next day.

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