Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2 medium carrots
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 3/4 pounds lean ground beef
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 cans chopped tomatoes about 400 g/14 oz each
  • dried oregano
  • paprika
  • 2/3 pound low fat greek yogurt
  • 1 cup broth
  • 6 ounces low-fat cheese grated, I used Gouda, divided
  • 12 lasagna sheets
  • salt
  • pepper

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 390 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Chop the onion and the garlic cloves finely. Grate the carrots.
  • Heat the oil in a pan and saute the onions until translucent. Add the garlic and the carrots, saute for a couple of minutes more. Add the ground beef and let it get a bit brown. Break the meat lumps with a wooden spoon while the meat is cooking. Add the tomato paste, stir well and saute for 1 more minute.
  • Add the tomatoes, oregano, paprika, salt and pepper to taste and bring everything to a boil. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
  • In the meantime mix the yogurt and the hot broth together. Add 70 g/ 3/4 cup of the grated cheese to the yogurt mixture and stir well.
  • Place some of the meat sauce in a rectangular casserole dish. Place lasagna sheets on top, add some more meat sauce, than some yogurt sauce and lasagna sheets again. Repeat the procedure. End with a layer of yogurt sauce and 100 g/ 1 cup grated cheese.
  • Bake for about 30 minutes or until the lasagna sheets are cooked through and the cheese is golden brown.
  • Serve with a green salad.