I love when I get creative with leftovers....lol...YUM!!!

Sep 20, 2010

So yesterday I was craving fried zucchini and squash...I had several in my fridge so I pulled em out and went to town slicing them into rounds...then I realized crud I can't handle flour...so what do I fry these in...so I started digging around my kitchen and made a mixture of corn meal and kraft grated parmesan cheese...then I mixed up the eggs with some heavy cream since I can't handle milk...seasoned the corn meal/parmesan mixture and started frying...man they were delicious and totally hit the spot...I even decided to see what would happen if I dipped, battered and fried some liverwurst up...wow awesome!!...it was a big hit even with the kids....after all was done I realized I still had a ton of zucchini and squash rounds left...I had gone overboard on the slicing...lol...I also had some of the egg mixture left as well as the cornmeal/parmesan mixture...so after a moments pause I decided to figure out what to do with all the leftovers...here's what I did...

I laid a layer of the corn meal/parmesan mixture in a pan and poured a bit of the egg mixture over it...then I put a layer of zucchini and squash rounds...then I layered on some riccotta cheese and then some pizza sauce(I was out of spaghetti sauce) then I put a layer of mexican shredded cheese and a layer of leftover sausage and mushrooms from breakfast...then another layer of zucchini and squash rounds followed by more ricotta cheese, pizza sauce and shredded cheese...then I poured the remainder of the egg mixture over the top of it all...I put it in the over at 350 degrees for 30 minutes...then I took it out and layered more shredded cheese on top and put it back in 5 minutes just til the cheese was melted....

OMG it was absolutely delicious...the best "lasagna" I'd eaten...the kids came in and said mom I smell lasagna...so they all dished up a plate and chowed down...they loved it...when they were done eating I said did you guys realize there were no noodles in that...they hadn't even noticed...when I told them what was in it they were shocked but none of them freaked out...I had a half a pan left that I put in the fridge last night...tonight I went to get a piece and there was half a piece left...LOL...guess it really was a hit...my husband asked me to make it again when his mom comes over this weekend....this time I'm going to try it with marinara or spaghetti sauce instead of the pizza sauce...it'll be a bit lower carb...but overall this lasagna was pretty high protein/low carb....I'm also going to slice the zucchini and squash into strips instead of rounds....just so it looks more lasagna like...lol

I'm really glad I had leftovers!!!!

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