• Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cooking Time: 2 hours
  • Serves: 6

Paleo Crock Pot Lasagna

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 Ingredients List

  • FOR THE MARINARA:
  • ¼ C. Olive Oil
  • 1 Small Onion, diced
  • 1 teaspoon Real Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic, minced
  • 7 C. Tomatoes, diced(about 10 small tomatoes)
  • ½ tablespoon Raw Honey
  • FOR THE MEAT FILLING:
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • ½ Small Onion, diced
  • 1 lb. Ground Turkey
  • ½ teaspoon Real Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Pepper
  • 18 large Basil Leaves, chopped
  • FOR THE PALEO "CHEESE SAUCE"
  • ½ tablespoon Olive Oil
  • ¼ small Onion, chopped
  • ½ Yellow Summer Squash, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon Garlic, minced
  • ¼ teaspoon Real Salt
  • ½ C. Coconut milk, divided
  • 1 Egg
  • 4 medium-sized Zucchini, thinly sliced lengthwise (6-7 slices from each
  • zucchini)

 Directions

To make the Marinara:
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium/high heat. Add the
onion and salt and saute for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for 30
seconds more. Add the tomatoes and honey and reduce heat to medium. Let
the sauce cook down for about 20 minutes, or until no longer watery and
slightly thick. Check seasonings and add more salt, if needed.
To make the meat filling:
Heat the olive oil in a saute pan over medium/high heat. Add the ground
turkey and break apart with a spatula. Cook the turkey for 2 minutes then
add the onion, salt and pepper. Continue cooking until turkey is cooked
through(make sure it has been broken up into small crumbles) and the onion
is soft. Remove the pan from heat and toss the fresh basil into the
mixture.
To make the paleo "cheese Sauce"
Heat the olive oil to medium in a small saucepan. Add the chopped onion,
summer squash, salt, and garlic to the pan and saute for about 3-4
minutes, until the onion is translucent. Do not brown. Add ¼ C. of the
coconut milk to the pan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 2 minutes, or
until more than half of the liquid is absorbed.
Place the mixture in a blender with the remaining ¼ c. coconut milk and
puree until very smooth. Add the egg and puree until well blended.
To assemble lasagna:
Lightly grease the inside of a crock pot.
Cover the bottom of the crock pot with about ¾ C. of the marinara sauce,
spreading it out evenly.
Place about 5 zucchini 'noodles' side by side over the marinara sauce.
Spoon a layer of the 'cheese sauce' over the zucchini noodles(about ½
C).
Sprinkle about ½ heaping c. of the meat mixture over the sauce.
Spoon about ½-3/4 C. of the marinara sauce evenly over the meat mixture.
Repeat this layering process until you have made 5 layers(zucchini, sauce,
meat, marinara) ending with the marinara sauce.
Cover and cook on high for 1½ hours.
After 1½ hours, remove the lid.
Using a turkey baster or a ladle, remove all excess liquid that has pooled
in the crock pot(the zucchini will let off quite a bit of liquid) and
place it in a shallow frying pan. Bring the liquid to a boil and simmer
for about 5-7 minutes, or until reduced into a thick, creamy sauce. Pour
the sauce over the top of the lasagna in the crock pot and serve.

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