Make meat sauce
Brown ground beef (or chicken or turkey in a pan). Ado
sauce and then bring to a boil. Turn heat down and let
simmer while you prepare the rest of the dish
Roast eggplant:
Preheat oven to 400F
Slice eggplant into coins and place on a parchmen
aper-lined tray. Drizzle olive oil, salt, and pepper ang
toss until evenly coated
Bake for 15 min
Make high protein "ricotta" mixture
Blend 1.5 cups cottage cheese until smooth (optiona
jou don't need to blend if you don't mind cottage cheese
texture)
Add chopped basil and parmesan to cottage cheese and
stir to combine
Assemble eggplant lasagna.
○ baking dish, layer 1/3 of sauce, half of eggplant and
half of the cottage cheese mixture
Add the next 1/3 of sauce, the other half of the eggplant,
and the other half of the cottage cheese mixture
Finally, add the last 1/3 of the sauce. Top with mozzarella and oegano
Bake:.
Cover dish with foiland bake for 30 mir
emove foil and broil for another 5 ish minutes or unti
cheese starts to become golden brown
Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving