How to Make Low FODMAP Skillet Lasagna FAST!
Who doesn’t like pasta, tomato sauce and cheese? Gooey, melty cheese? Lasagna is a standby when we want to feed a crowd and there are FODMAPers amongst us, yet we want a dish to please everyone. But it takes time. It is not a weeknight dish.
This recipe for Low FODMAP Skillet Lasagna is going to change all of that. Here we combine all of the ingredients that you love in a classic lasagna but use techniques to get it on the table fast!
Noodles, Sauce, Cheese – and Zucchini & More!
Well, there is even more to this recipe than those ingredients. We started with the basics that we wanted to get in there, and then embellished! I used ground turkey, to lighten it up a bit. Added chopped carrots, zucchini and green bell pepper to add low FODMAP vegetables, color and crunch.
The tomato part comes in the form of both marinara sauce and canned diced tomatoes.
Fennel seed is often used when making sausage and lends a distinct sausage flavor. I have recommended adding some to your mixture here to add complexity to the quick dish.
Buying Ground Turkey
Our supermarkets always have pre-packaged ground turkey and it will work just fine. Most pre-packaged brands are a blend of white and dark meat, unless it specifies ground breast meat, which would be all white meat.
At our local Whole Foods store or butcher, we can often choose from ground white meat or ground dark meat. The former will be leaner; the later is richer and moister. Or you could create your own blend.
I like dark meat for its flavor and moisture level, but since meats (proteins) do not contain any FODMAPs, you can pick and choose as you like.
For more classic lasagnas check out our Roasted Vegetable White Lasagna and our Chicken & Spinach Lasagna Bake.
For even more hearty baked pasta dishes, you have to check out our Baked Penne with Four Cheeses, our Stuffed Shells and the Super Deluxe Baked Ziti.
And if you like this dish, we think you will also love our Low FODMAP Chili Mac!
Low FODMAP Skillet Lasagna
You can make lasagna in about 30 minutes! We show you how, and it is low FODMAP and FABULOUS!
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon Garlic-Infused Oil made with olive oil or purchased equivalent
- 1/4 cup (16 g) chopped scallions, green parts only
- 1 medium carrot, trimmed and diced
- 1 medium zucchini, trimmed and diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, cored and diced
- 1 pound (455 g) ground turkey
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
- 1 teaspoon dried ground basil
- 1 teaspoon dried ground oregano
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1, 14.5 ounce (411 g) can diced tomatoes
- 2 cups (550 g) low FODMAP prepared marinara sauce
- 1 cup (240 ml) water
- 9 ounces (250 g) low FODMAP gluten-free lasagna noodles
- 1 cup (226 g) lactose-free cottage cheese
- 4 ounces (115 g) low fat mozzarella, shredded
- 1/4 cup (25 g) ground Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat leaf parsley, optional
Preparation:
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Heat oil in a very large skillet (I used a 12-inch/30.5 cm skillet - and make sure it has a tight fitting lid) over low-medium heat until shimmering. Add scallions, carrot, zucchini and bell pepper and sauté for a few minutes or until softened. Add turkey, breaking up with spatula, and sauté until no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Add fennel, basil and oregano. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
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Stir in tomatoes, marinara sauce and water until everything is well combined. Break up the lasagna noodles by hand and nestle in the sauce. Cover, adjust heat, and simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring from time to time (make sure the mixture isn’t burning on the bottom), until pasta is tender and cooked through.
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Dollop cottage cheese here and there, stirring down into the mixture a bit. Sprinkle the mozzarella and Parmesan over all, cover again and cook for a few minutes until cheeses are heated through and melted. Garnish with parsley, if using, and serve!
Notes:
Tips
- I have found GF pastas to vary hugely in quality. I tend to like those made with rice, solely, such as Jovial. Find a brand you love and become acquainted with how it cooks and will be able to create fantastic pasta dishes.
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more. For a more detailed explanation, please read our article Understanding The Nutrition Panel Within Our Recipes.
For more tomato-based recipes, we have a round-up for you with plenty of inspiration.
Super easy and very good!
Brenda, it means so much to us to hear from people who make the recipes! Thank you, and enjoy your next choice 🙂
This is SO delicious; thank you! I was craving lasagna but it’s too hot to use the oven. I used Rao’s Sensitive Marinara sauce which was very yummy. I’m sure this was user error, but I bought a 9 oz box of Jovial lasagna noodles and I couldn’t fit all of the raw noodles into the skillet (13-in French skillet). I ended up using about 2/3 of the box or a little less. I wasn’t sure how to crush fennel seeds without a mortal and pestle but I had fun trying! Wonderful recipe.
Eva, you gave me a good chuckle picturing you trying to crush fennel with the little buggers flying around (which has happened to the best of us). I LOVE the flavor of the fennel and the jarred RAOs Sensitive Formula is a fave around here. The size issue probably has to do with how the damn manufacturers present their measurements. Even if a recipe calls for a 12-inch recipe, and yours measures 12-inches across the top, they can vary greatly in volume, which is a huge pain. Anyway, maybe an excuse to buy a larger pan?
This was delicious!! My 5 year-old gave it ’80 thumbs up’. I used my Dutch oven any my own sausage recipe. Thank you so much.
LOL 80 THUMBS!!!!! That’s a first. Tell him we greatly appreciate his enthusiasm:) And nice addition with the sausage.
This was yummy. I made it exactly as written except my garden is full of fresh basil so I used that instead of dried. I will definitely make this again.
Thank you for letting us know! It is a fun dish to make.
Would be nice to know if you could use ground beef instead of turkey,
Hi there. A couple of things, first of all and pure protein contains NO FODMAPs, so ground turkey and ground beef are both no FODMAP. Usually when a tweak is made to a recipe, the FODMAP load has to be recalculated, but in this case that is not a problem. However, turkey and even lean beef contain very different amounts of fat. This recipe has not been tested with beef. It is a huge pet peeve of mine when I see recipes that make all sorts of suggestions for variations when it is obvious that the recipe has not been tested in all the various ways. As a professional recipe developer I can see this sort of thing immediately. “Could” you substitute beef? From a FODMAP perspective, yes. Otherwise, all bets are off. Will the increased fat leave an oily component to the recipe? Very likely. Would the technique have to altered and cooking times change etc.? Most likely yes. So if you want to try, you can go for it and it will be low FODMAP, but I cannot guarantee results. All of our recipes are always developed and tested as presented and any variations that have been tested will be given.