Crockpot Cheeseless Lasagna – Candida Diet Recipes

I do miss cheese from time to time on the candida diet so I really didn’t know how I would do with a cheeseless lasagna.  The only time I really craved cheese was when I was pregnant.  My favorite pregnancy food was pizza and I always needed extra cheese.  Prior to that I never really thought about it much, I could always just do without.  There are however some things that you just get used to having cheese on like baked ziti and lasagna.  When I start to adapt a recipe I always wonder if I am tampering with an ingredient that should not be tampered with.  “Will if even remotely resemble the original food,” I continuously think to myself.  It doesn’t always work out but I am happy to say that this cheeseless lasagna worked out well in my house.  I did buy slices of mozzarella cheese for my oldest daughter to melt on top a there is no reason that she cannot eat cheese.  With her many allergies I do not want to eliminate anything else from her diet.  I used vegetables and ground turkey meat between the the layers.  The lasagna noodles are made byTinkyadaand contain brown rice, rice bran and water.  I did have to brown the turkey meat before I put it in the crockpot so there is an extra step required. 

Crockpot Cheeseless Lasagna Ingredients
1 box brown rice lasagna noodles
1/2 pound ground turkey meat
1 zucchini chopped
5 oz of baby spinach leaves 
1/2 onion chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
2 containers Pomi strained tomatoes
1 can (12 oz) tomato paste
2 Tablespoons Fresh Basil
2 Tablespoons Fresh Oregano
4 Tablespoons Fresh Parsley 
Sea Salt and Pepper to taste

Crockpot Cheeseless Lasagna Directions
In a large skillet brown turkey meat. 
Add onions and garlic.
Cook until meat is know longer pink and drain off grease.
In large bowl add mix tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, oregano, parsley, sea salt and pepper. 
Cover bottom of crockpot a thin layer of sauce.
Add a layer of lasagna noodles.  (About 1/3)
Add a layer of sauce. (About 1/5)
Add a layer of turkey meat. (About 1/2)
Add a layer of zucchini and spinach. (About 1/2)
Add a layer of sauce (About 1/5)
Add a layer of lasagna noodles. (About 1/3)  
Add a layer of sauce. (About 1/5)
Add a layer of turkey meat. (Remaining 1/2)
Add a layer of spinach and zucchini. (Remaining 1/2)
Add a layer of sauce. (About 1/5)
Add a layer of lasagna noodles. (Remaining 1/3)
Cover the last layer of noodles with the remaining sauce. (Remaining 1/5) 
Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.