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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Butternut squash and sausage paleo lasagna

Kinda like lasagna. Delicious!! thank you health-bent.com. Check out their site for other great recipes!

1 lb hot Italian sausage
1 red onion, diced
3 cloves garlic
1 15 oz can pizza sauce- sugar free.
1/2 c roasted red peppers
1/4 c extra virgin olive oil
couples leaves of fresh basil, or a generous squirt of Gourmet Garden's Basil (Its often cold in Minnesota, so you have to get creative if you want herbs... http://www.gourmetgarden.com/us/product/view/Basil)
1 small butternut squash, or the prepackaged cubed butternut squash if you are short on time

1. Heat oven to 400ºF.
2. Meat mixture: In a saute pan crumble the sausage and brown it, along with the onions & garlic.
3. Squash: If using a whole butternut squash, cut the top and ends of the squash off and peel it. Split it into 1/4′s. What I mean by that is, right where the squash starts to turn bulbous, cut it in 1/2, width-wise. Split those two halves in half, lengthwise. This will make it much easier to cut into planks. Pull out the seeds. Don’t be anal about getting out all the strings, as you won’t even notice those when they’re cooked. Slice the squash into the aforementioned planks. I have also read that if you are short on time, you can buy the precut, cubed bag squash, available at Target, Walmart, Sam's Club and Trader Joes... http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=301

4. Sauce: Puree the pizza sauce, red peppers, olive oil and basil in a food processor or with a blender or immersion blender

5. Assembly: In a 13x9 baking dish, put down enough sauce to lightly cover the bottom of the dish. (This keeps the squash from sticking to the pan.) Next add the squash, trying not to overlap the pieces, then spoon on the sausage mixture, followed by the sauce. Repeat until all your ingredients are used up…trying to reserve enough sauce to cover the top of the lasagna.Bake for 45 minutes. You’re looking for a bubbly pan with a crispy, browned top. Right out of the oven, the lasagna may by liquidy, let it set for a good half hour before cutting into it, as it will solidify

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