Syns for yesterday totalled 10 after 1 syn on dinner, 2.5 on a hot choc and 6 for a curly wurly evening treat omm nom nom.
The bns lasagne was the best lasagne I have ever made so we are having the leftovers for dinner tonight, turning today into another green day.
It was so easy to make I will post my version of the recipe in case any one fancies giving it a go!
Butternut squash & spinach lasagne
Serves 5
1 HEA & 1 Syn per serving on EE & Green
1 large butternut squash - peeled and sprinkled with garlic granules, salt, pepper & aromat then roasted on 200 degrees for around 40 minutes until browning but not burnt. (aromat is a knorr seasoning and is in a bright yellow pot found with the herbs and spices in most supermarkets)
A tip for peeling your butternut squash: prick it all over with a knife and microwave for about 4 minutes. Allow to cool and the skin slices off so easily!
600 grams frozen spinach - defrost and squeeze all moisture out in a sieve.
200 gram tub low fat cottage cheese
100 grams quark
2 laughing cow light triangles. (1.5 syns each)
120 grams cheddar cheese (4 HEA)
Basic ragu sauce - approx. 800ml ( I make a big pan every week using tinned tomatoes, passata, garlic, onions, sweetener, basil and oregano, a stock cube and some tomato puree. Basically cook all ingredients and blitz. A slimming world staple really but if you google slimming world ragu you will find exact quantities or you can just make it to your taste)
Pasta lasagne sheets (I used around 12)
Method
Mix strained spinach with cottage cheese, quark, 2 laughing cow light triangles and 60 grams of the cheddar cheese. Season with salt, pepper, garlic granules and I added a tsp. of mustard powder to bring out the cheese flavour.
In a large baking dish put a layer of ragu, followed by a layer of pasta, followed by 1/3 of the spinach mix, followed by 1/3 of the butternut squash. Top this with a layer of ragu and so on until you have 3 layers finishing with the ragu.
Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees. Remove foil and grate the remaining 60 grams cheddar over the top, turn the oven up to 200 degrees and bake for a further 10 minutes or until golden brown and piping hot throughout.
I have a reasonably new fan assisted oven so cooking times may vary.
My dish served 5 generous portions so I rounded it up to 1 HEA and 1 syn per serving