I have been having fun with zucchini in place of pasta lately. It's delicious with tomato based sauces. So I tried to make a Lasagna!

1 zuchini

1 onion
4 medium to large mushrooms
4 garlic cloves finally chopped
2 cans of tomatoes
2/3s lb of ground beef
10 or so basil leaves
2 Tbs parsley
Juice of one lemon
4 Tbs of oil
4 tsp of butter
 Salt and pepper to taste

2 1/2 cups of Italian mix Cheese
2 tbs of shredded parmasan

Clean the mushrooms with a damp paper towel and slice. I like the shape of them so I try to help them keep their shape by cutting them in 2mm thick. I chop the onion and garlic cloves finely, and I place gather all three into separate piles on my cutting board.  I heat a pan really hot and I add half the olive oil and 2 Tbs of the butter  when the butter is melted I add the mushrooms to the pan making sure they are in one layer at the bottom of the pan so that they can absorb the butter and  cook evenly.  I also like to salt and pepper  just a bit.

When the mushrooms start to  cook down I add the onion. Waiting till the onions get a little soft I add the garlic and parsley and then I let it cook in the pan till the garlic starts to get golden. I then remove it from the pan into a bowl and put it to the side. With out cleaning the pan I add  the other half of the oil and turn down the heat to medium. I add the ground beef and stir. Once all the pink is gone from sight I add the mushrooms back to the meat and blend them together.  I open the 2 cans of tomatoes and pour  them in. I like using whole tomatoes, because I like the organic texture you get when you pull them apart with your hands, but chopped is also fine. Finally add the lemon juice and the basil on top and set it on low and let it simmer together. You want the sauce to be rather thick.

  Take the Zuchini and peel into strips using a carrot peeler. Pre-heat  the oven to about 350F or 175C. After they are all peeled, pat the strips dry and  pat with protein powder, or flower. Grease your deep baking dish with butter and then line the bottom with the strips.When the sauce has reduced  ladle  a layer of it on to the strips and then  scatter a layer of cheese and repeat starting with more zucchini.  End your layers with cheese on top, sprinkling the Parmesan around the edges. Place into the oven for about  20 mins.

It was super tasty! I didn't use all my zucchini so I placed it in a seal-able container. I squeezed some lemon juice and shake!  Then into the fridge till tomorrow!

 Muwah!