Easy Holiday Lasagna

ricotta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories while maintaining creaminess.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Provolone is often less expensive and melts well.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Grana padano is a less expensive alternative with a similar flavor.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground pork is often cheaper and adds a different flavor.

Introduce the recipe and its significance during the winter months, especially for Christmas dinner.

Discuss options for lasagna noodles: no bake, whole grain, or zucchini/squash as alternatives.

Prepare the creamy sauce in a high-speed blender: add non-dairy milk, arrowroot powder, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, and white miso paste.

Optionally add raw cashews or substitute with white beans for the sauce.

Blend until smooth, then transfer to a saucepan.

Heat the mixture over medium-high heat, whisking constantly until it thickens and becomes stretchy, about 3-4 minutes.

Once thickened, turn off the heat and set aside the sauce.

Add a bag of frozen spinach to the sauce and mix until combined, allowing the spinach to reheat.

Prepare the lasagna noodles according to package directions if using whole grain noodles, or use no-boil noodles as demonstrated.

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