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

October 12, 2014 by Leanne Vogel November 2, 2018

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)
• 1/4 cup beef stock
• 28 oz. crushed tomatoes
• 1 can tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 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

• 1/4 cup ghee or grass-fed tallow *see below for notes on this
• 3 tablespoons arrowroot starch
• 2 cups unsweetened original almond milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Himalayan rock salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 3 eggs, whisked
• 1 cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F and lightly oil a 9×13 baking dish with a dab of coconut oil or red palm oil. Set aside.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Now, time to layer your lasagna! From the bottom, up: meat sauce, noodles, meat sauce, parsley, cheese, noodles, meat sauce, parsley, cheese.
6. 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

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