This easy Diabetic Lasagna Recipe is delicious, hearty and healthy. Made with ground turkey and fat-free ricotta. Perfect for an easy weeknight dinner idea.
Diabetic Lasagna Recipe
Get ready to drool because this amazing Diabetic Lasagna Recipe is delicious, creamy, meaty and so easy to make. You’ll notice that a few ingredient swaps make this lasagna lower in fat, calories, sugar, and salt.
I got a few emails last month regarding diabetic dishes so I decided to do a little research and came out with this delicious Diabetic Lasagna Recipe. I used ground turkey breast instead of beef, I also used part skim mozzarella cheese, fat-free ricotta cheese, and whole wheat pasta.
These changes made a difference in calories and fat, but definitely not on flavor. My husband and mother in law had no idea! They loved it and devoured it. Serve it with a nice green salad on the side and you have an easy and delicious full meal.
You can make this Diabetic Lasagna Recipe in advance and just bake off at the last minute, you can also freeze it before baking and it goes straight from the freezer to the oven. Perfect for last minute guests or for weekly meal planning.
What I did is made a double batch. One lasagna I froze and the other one I baked. Who doesn’t love easy meals that are also healthy and diabetic friendly?
A great time saver was the oven ready whole wheat lasagna noodles I found at Amazon. If you can find it at your local grocery store, it will save you time because you don’t need to boil your noodles in advance. If you can’t find it, it’s ok. Just boil it, place it in cold water and drain when ready to use.
I hope you can try this delicious Diabetic Lasagna Recipe at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
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Diabetic Lasagna Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs ground turkey breast
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes with NO SALT ADDED
- 3-4 leaves basil chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 9 sheets of Whole Wheat Lasagna Noodles
- 15 oz fat-free ricotta cheese
- 1 egg
- 2 cups part skim mozzarella cheese shredded
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- Salt + Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- Cook noodles according to package instructions*
- Drain and place in cold water to stop the cooking process
- In a large skillet, heat the olive oil
- Add the onions and saute until softened
- Add garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of oregano and half of the basil
- Add the ground turkey and cook while breaking up the big pieces into little ones
- Drain excess liquid and add salt and pepper
- Add the tomatoes and cook until the mixture starts boiling. Remove from heat
- In another bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, egg, salt, pepper and the other half of the basil
- Drain noodles
- Place 3 noodles in a 9x13" rectangular baking pan in a way they cover the bottom of the pan
- Add 1/2 of the turkey mixture. Spread evenly
- Add 1/2 of the ricotta mixture. Spread evenly
- Sprinkle some cheese
- Cover with 3 more lasagna noodles
- Spread the remaining turkey mixture
- Spread the remaining ricotta mixture
- Sprinkle some more cheese
- Cover with 3 more lasagna noodles
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese and dried oregano
- Spray a piece of aluminum foil with nonstick spray
- Cover lasagna with foil
- Bake covered for 45 minutes
- Remove foil and bake for 10 minutes
- Broil for 2 more minutes or until the top is brown
- Remove from oven and let it rest for about 10 minutes before serving
- Enjoy!
I just really need to know how many carbs are in a serving and how many servings are in this recipe?
Hi Dianne, with this recipe you can get approximately 10 servings. According to https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp each serving has 37.7 g of carbohydrates and 338 calories.
It would have been nice to sign up for my 10 year old daughter but I guess it’s only for adults
I am sure there must be other sites that can provide that information.
How come your how come your carb total that you quoted to Dianne differ from what you have posted below your recipe
Because it all depends on the brands of products you are using.
Can you use cottage cheese with this recipe instead of ricotta?
Absolutely, Alicia! You can replace for cottage cheese
Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe. What can be used instead of Turkey for vegetarians?
For vegetarian you can use tofu crumble or ground cauliflower to replace the turkey
Tiffany, can you provide a complete nutrition list for this recipe. I am diabetic with congestive heart failure and need to know the values. Thank you!!!
Of course Garry! I’ll get on it right away
Can Mrs dash be substituted for salt
of course!
30 carbs is high. Not very diabetic friendly
Actually 30 carbs is very diabetic friendly. The recommended carbs for a diabetic meal is between 45& 60 grams per meal. That is what my endocrinologist & dietician recommended me, when I was diagnosed earlier this year
Sorry but its just not the carbs the chlorestol is 74 mg. Your on the right track but something has to be omitted for this recipe to work for us DIABETICS. The rest of you will be fine!😀
Thanks for your input Dorothy.
What kind of whole wheat noodles did you use? I have only been able to find whole wheat noodles with 38 carbs per serving. My entire meal has to be less than 45 carbs.
Thanks!
I used dreamfields (the black box)
First and most of all thank you for this recipe. It is diabetic friendly….but for some of these comments to you, well I would think someone with diabetes would realize that any lasagna is going to be diabetic friendly. Hello? Cut some slack to this young lady who is just trying to be helpful! Don’t pay attention to the rude and inconsiderate, Tiffany! I can tell by your return comments that your a sweet person. This world needs more like you! Keep up the great work, earth Angel! God bless you and yours!
You’re so sweet Lorna. Thank you!
Amen. Thank you for the diabetic recipes. It is so hard to have a perfect recipe for someone with diabetes. My husband is I am not. So any help I can get I love. And if I need to cut back on something in order to give him some flavor and joy in eating I do. Please keep doing what you are doing and I thank you.
Hey folks, if you’re needing reduce your carbs, because you’re a diabetic, there are lots of keto recipes for near carb-less noodles made from almond flour, etc. They are tasty and healthy!
searching for recipes to make my newly diagnosed diabetic son. Ordered the noodles, can’t wait to try it. Thanks for posting this
Let me know how it comes out!
Can I use hamburger instead of turkey for thos recipe??
of course!