During the summer when I have excess vegetables I use them as a frugal, low-calorie, high fiber substitute for pasta in many dishes. Tonight I am sharing my Vegetable Lasagna with Spinach “Noodles” on $5 Dinners. I replaced the pasta layer with a layer of spinach leaves.
You can replace the lasagna noodles with any greens you have in excess like Swiss Chard, kale, arugula, or beet greens.
Here are a few more ideas for how to substitute vegetables in pasta dishes:
How to Cook Spaghetti Squash in a Microwave
Do you substitute vegetables for another item in any of your recipes?
Crazy! I just made zucchini lasagna last night. I replaced all of the pasta with zucchini (although I added too much sauce). It was delicious and we had leftovers for lunch today. And instead of my normal ricotta, I mixed equal parts ricotta and cream cheese (whipped) and it was wonderful.
Great minds think alike! Your variation sounds delicious; shoot me the URL when you post it and I will add a link to your recipe in this post.
This is a wise idea and I think, I would prefer the vegetables to the pasta.
Thta right the vegetable is alternatives to noodles so so healthy and more fresh far meal, thanks for share
farida
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*loving* this! We’ve been low carb (NO carb!) the last two weeks and I’m running out of good ideas!
I will be sharing another veggie substitute recipe tonight that I am excited about. I used steamed cauliflower in place of pasta in my super easy pasta salad recipe and it was so much better than I expected and I love cauliflower.
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