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Turkey Goat Cheese Lasagna [Recipe]

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Tradition has never done it for me.

Shocking.  I know.

I’ve mentioned before what a terrible Southerner I am.  I don’t like fried okra, creamed corn, or cornbread (with the exception of this recipe)… I can leave 99% of the traditional Southern stuff behind.  This includes traditional Thanksgiving food.

This year I fled to Arizona where these were the new classic appetizers:

Classic. And klassy.

Classic. And klassy.

Thanksgiving things I don’t like include: cranberry sauce, stuffing, and that nasty green bean casserole with the fried onion things on top.  Oh… and turkey.

I do like turkey, just not the whole big bird.  Vegas likes lasagna, and I decided we should have turkey in SOME form… so turkey lasagna is was!  I added goat cheese, which might make this a little strange.  It’s at least strange to have lasagna on Thanksgiving.  However, Turkey Goat Cheese Lasagna on Thanksgiving or any other day is good.

Turkey Goat Cheese Lasagna

Cheesy goodness

Also #strangebutgood was the new addition I got the day after Thanksgiving.  Sorry Mom.

Fully aware I have ugly toes.

I have ugly toes.

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Turkey Goat Cheese Lasagna

Turkey Goat Cheese Lasagna

  • 9 lasagna noodles
  • 1 tsp EVOO
  • 1/2 C yellow onion
  • 1 lb lean ground turkey
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 28 oz salt-free crushed tomatoes (I like San Marzano)
  • 6 oz no salt tomato paste
  • 1/4 C fresh parsley
  • 1/2 C fresh basil
  • 3/4 tsp pepper
  • 15 oz low fat ricotta
  • 10 oz frozen spinach
  • 3 oz creamy goat cheese
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1/2-3/4 C grated Parmesan
  • 8 oz fresh mozzarella

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water.

Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook another minute.  Add ground turkey and cook ~5 minutes more, stirring to break up any large chunks of meat.

Add tomato sauces, 2 T parsley, basil, and 1/2 tsp pepper.  Cook 5-10 mins.

In medium bowl, stip ricotta, egg, spinach, goat cheese, Parmesan, 1/4 tsp pepper.

Ladle sauce into bottom of dish.  Layer 1/2 the pasta, 1/2 the ricotta, and 1/3 sauce.  Add remaining pasta, mozzarella, ricotta, and sauce.  Sprinkle with extra Parmesan.

Bake 30 mins, until sauce is bubbling.

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Comments

  1. I always hated green bean casserole too, but my niece was nice enough to make a vegan version for our dinner this year so I had to eat some. It wasn’t too bad, especially all stirred together with all the other food 🙂

  3. No traditional meals here! I love non-traditional! My US friends and I here in Canada get together for US Thanksgiving every year and there’s a theme (these guys throw awesome parties; going to a fun cocktail one whose theme is “smoked” next week! – food and drink) and it’s always traditional aspects of the meal with a twist…Love that! Your meal looks delish! I should make that this weekend. And tattoo…I want another one. “Oh the places…” you’ll go? What’s it say? Very fun. 🙂

  7. This looks awesome! The other day, although completely unrelated, I saw a whole store devoted to Donkey skincare products. It was really cool!

  8. I can feel your happiness right through these blog posts, and I LOVE IT. Sometimes it’s good to be wrong, and this would be one of those times. Plus that kind of exercise is good for all parties involved.

    I despise the green bean casserole. It ruins green beans if you ask me, and people can keep their turkey and stuffing too. Thanksgiving is so not my holiday. Pfft, I should have come to Arizona and worked my way through this lasagna and repeatedly and happily told you to get a room.

  13. There is some serious cheese porn going on there! I’m pretty much living on goats cheese for my cheese fix (I can’t stop saying cheese now) seeing as it doesn’t affect my skin like cow’s does… yet… So this is a keeper!

  14. I am so with you! Not a fan of plain turkey or stuffing or most traditional Thanksgiving foods. Maybe they’re too bland? i don’t know what it is but it’s not my favorite meal. Other than the pies. But turkey and goat cheese lasagna? Yes!

  17. i love non traditional lol! I wanna try this hehe. My sister came for turkey day & we had no turkey hahah!! We were both sick of it hahaha so we had roast chicken hahah!! We had fun lol!! All that matters is the ppl ur with shoot hehe!!

    • That sounds amazing! I did Christmas dinner with some Taiwanese family friends one year – it was the BEST food!

    • Thanks Arman!!! Let me know if you try it… I can’t wait to see how you double the cheese and add Marmite. 😉

  25. This recipe actually does look pretty awesome 🙂 I’m overdue for a pedi but feeling cheap and lazy lol Hope you had a great weekend Laura! Take Care -Iva

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