First of all, I would like to say congrats to my friend Michelle who got engaged on the beach in North Carolina this morning! See Michelle, we told you he was going to do it!
Last night I decided to venture out of my comfort zone and try a class at my gym. I’ve never taken a real yoga class before, just done DVDs at home, so I thought I would see what a real class taught by an instructor is like. Verdict? Meh. I could do without the chanting for 10 minutes at the beginning and the end, and the instructor was so quiet I couldn’t hear a single word she said. I mean I get that yoga is supposed to be soothing and relaxing, but it would help if I could hear you when you tell us to change positions. However, I am sore today which I like, so maybe I’ll try it again.
After the hour yoga class, I hopped on the elliptical for 30 minutes to work up a good sweat. After the gym, I raced home to start cooking dinner for me and my sister. I had two zucchini’s and two yellow squash that needed to be used, so Meghann’s Zucchini and Yellow Squash Lasagna seemed like a perfect choice. I roughly followed her recipe, but included a few of my traditional lasagna ingredients also.

- 2 zucchini
- 2 yellow squash
- 1 clove garlic (diced)
- 1/2 of a small to medium onion (chopped)
- 1/2 lb of ground turkey
- 1 jar of pasta sauce
- 1 egg
- 7 oz Low Fat Ricotta Cheese
- Low Fat Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Fennel Seed, Oregano, Thyme, Salt, Pepper, Italian Seasoning
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, slice the zucchini and squash length wise, season with salt and pepper, place on a baking sheet, and cook for 10 minutes.

While the vegetables are cooking, chop up your garlic and onion then add to a hot pan (mine was sprayed with cooking spray) and sauté.
Once the onions are cooked, they’ll start to look translucent, add your ground turkey and cook until it is no longer pink.
Once the turkey is cooked, add your pasta sauce. I just happened to have a jar in the fridge, but it is also easy to make your own using tomato paste and tomato sauce. Once the sauce is added, season with all the spices. I really enjoy using fennel seed in sauces because it gives whatever meat you use really an Italian sausage taste.
I also ended up throwing garlic and onion powder into the mix as well. Let the sauce simmer for a few minutes to really combine the flavors. While it is sitting, you can prepare the cheese mixture. Place your egg and Ricotta cheese into a bowl, and combine thoroughly with a spoon.
Once everything is ready, you can begin to prepare you lasagna layers. I sprayed my dish with cooking spray before adding the zucchini and squash. My layers went veggies, sauce mixture, ricotta, mozzarella, repeat.
After I did the first layer, I realized that it would work better to place the veggies the other way, so I did that for the top. Live and learn.


See, works much better this way.
Cook covered for 25 minutes, and then uncover and cook for 5-10 more depending on how the cheese on top looks. I let mine sit for another 5 minutes once out of the oven to allow the layers to set. Then serve!

After all that work, I was really hoping this would be insanely delicious. It definitely was! My sister and I both helped ourselves to seconds and there are plenty of leftovers for dinner tonight. I didn’t even miss the noodles, I think the combination of zucchini and squash left it more flavorful than regular lasagna. Definitely a win, and a recipe I will be repeating.
Then for desert I had this cute little cup of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream while watching a Teen Mom marathon on MTV. They were gearing up for the start of the new season, which I started to watch but fell asleep half way through. I’ll have to catch the last half of the episode soon.
Baskin Robbins is within eye sight of my house, very dangerous. All in all Tuesday wasn’t so bad, and you know what it’s Wednesday already! This post is absurdly long, so I’m going to stop babbling now, but have a great day!
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