Paleo Lasagna with Homemade (easy!) Dairy-free Melty Cheese + Butternut Squash “Noodles”

October 12, 2014 By Leanne Vogel November 6, 2018

Paleo Lasagna with Dairy-free Melty Cheese + Butternut Squash "Noodles" (grain-free + dairy-free)

Top your favorite casseroles with this easy recipe for dairy-free melty cheese, made entirely of whole foods, used as the rich topping in this dairy-free, grain-free, paleo lasagna, layered with butternut squash noodles.

There is so much awesome here, I’m not sure where to start. Wait, yes I do… I MADE DAIRY-FREE MELTY CHEESE! Yes, it melts. And it holds things together. And it tastes like cheese… but it’s not cheese. And it goes fabulous on lasagna. Grain-free lasagna, to be exact.

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This dairy-free + grain-free paleo lasagna is layered with thin strips of fresh butternut squash as the “noodles”. Fun, right?

I made slight changes to this recipe because… I can’t stick to ANY recipe, regardless of where I find it. Plus, I wanted to make it slightly higher in fat + lower in carbs.

Each serving of this dairy-free + grain-free, paleo lasagna has 17 grams of net carbs. Yes, it’s a bit high for one serving, but I’ve found that following a high-fat, low-carb eating style has me eating once, maybe twice a day. So, 17 grams of net carbs for one meal out of two meals is quite reasonable, really.

If you want to lower the carbohydrate count even further, you could sub the butternut squash noodles for slices of zucchini, or use a dairy-free cream-based sauce instead of tomatoes. My Dairy-free Cream Sauce would be excellent.

4.8 from 6 reviews

Paleo Lasagna with Dairy-free Melty Cheese + Butternut Squash Noodles

Author: Leanne Vogel

Recipe type: Paleo, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Sugar-free, Yeast-free, Corn-free, Grain-free

Prep time: 45 mins

Cook time: 80 mins

Total time: 2 hours 5 mins

Serves: 8

A dairy-free, grain-free, paleo lasagna recipe layered with butternut squash noodles and homemade, dairy-free melty cheese, made entirely of whole foods.

Ingredients

Meat Sauce

1 lb. regular ground beef (30% fat or more)
¼ cup beef stock
28 oz. crushed tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
1 bay leaf
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
4 drops alcohol-free liquid stevia, optional

Butternut Squash Lasagna Noodles

1 butternut squash, peeled and sliced thin, lengthwise

Homemade Dairy-free Melty Cheese

¼ cup ghee or, grass-fed tallow *see note below on this
3 tablespoons arrowroot starch
2 cups unsweetened original almond milk
1 ½ teaspoons Himalayan rock salt
1 teaspoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
3 eggs, whisked
1 cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and lightly oil a 9x13 baking dish with a dab of coconut oil or red palm oil. Set aside.
Add regular ground beef to a large saucepan and brown on medium-heat until no longer pink. Add remaining sauce ingredients. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for 30 minutes, to thicken.
Meanwhile, slice butternut squash into thin pieces, lengthwise. They do not need to be perfect, just as thin as you can get them, about ?-inch. If they break while you’re cutting, no worries. Set aside.
For the dairy-free melty cheese, heat ghee or tallow in a small saucepan over medium heat until melted. Whisk in the arrowroot. In a small bowl, combine almond milk, salt, lemon juice, garlic powder and onion powder. Slowly pour the almond milk mixture into the arrowroot mix, whisking to combine. Continue to whisk until smooth, then remove from the heat to cool for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk eggs in a small bowl. Once the saucepan mix has cooled, whisk in eggs, slowly. Adding the eggs will make the mix thinner. Do not worry! The sauce will thicken up when it's baked.
Now, time to layer your lasagna! From the bottom, up: meat sauce, noodles, meat sauce, parsley, cheese, noodles, meat sauce, parsley, cheese.
Place in the preheated oven and bake for 1 hour + 20 minutes, or until the cheese has set and the ends of the dish begin to crisp up.

Notes

Almond Milk: I have not tried making this recipe with any other milk. The reason I chose almond milk is because of its mild flavor and light sweetness, very similar to regular milk. You could try homemade sunflower seed milk or rice milk.

Butternut Squash Lasagna Noodles: total weight of completed, sliced noodles were 500 grams.

Ghee or Tallow: Ghee is clarified butter, butter that’s had the casein and lactose removed from it. However, it still contains whey. If you are allergic to dairy, ghee should not be consumed. But, this recipe works fabulous with grass-fed tallow. You can render your own, or purchase at a health food store. Get grass-fed tallow here. Coconut oil could likely be used, but I haven’t tried it.

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I’m so excited about this recipe. I served this lasagna to Kevin and he legitimately thought I’d use a cheese product to get the cheese-like taste. Mwahaha!

Do you follow The Spunky Coconut? If you grab Kelly’s Cookbook, I’d love to hear which recipes are your favorites!