Weight Watchers Lasagna only has 8 Weight Watchers Points! Can you believe this Skinny Cheat’s Lasagna is actually healthy? It’s secretly thickened up with extra vegetables like carrots, zucchini, and celery, making it the perfect healthy comfort food. This Easy Lasagna Recipe is sure to make you feel like you’re indulging, without the guilt. We LOVE this Healthy Lasagna Recipe!
Healthy Lasagna Recipe
This Healthy Lasagna Recipe is a must make. With New Years resolutions looming large over our January decisions, I’ve really been trying to find some new and easy healthy recipes to show you. I’m a firm believer in moderation and have never been into strict diets. Henry is over 10 months now, but I’m still feeling like I have a little baby weight to lose, so for me I’m just trying to make little tweaks here and there to make favorite recipes a little less indulgent.
This Weight Watcher’s Lasagna tastes like you’re cheating on your diet, but you’re not. It has all the things you love about lasagna…beef, noodles, and tomatoes. You’re never going to miss the other junk. :)
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Weight Watchers Lasagna with only 8 WW Points
Weight Watcher’s Lasagna is made secretly healthy by bulking it up with extra veggies. Carrots, Zucchini, Onions, and Celery finely chopped add to the beef to make a hearty and flavorful filling, without piling on the calories. Just trust me on this one, it tastes amazing.
How do you make this a Healthy Lasagna Recipe?
- This Healthy Lasagna Recipe uses lots of veggies to make it hearty while skimping on calories. It only has 8 Weight Watchers Points!
- We use whole milk mozzarella pearls as well as non fat shredded cheese to make sure this Healthy Lasagna Recipe is still cheesy and delicious, but also not terrible for your waist line.
- It still has all of the flavors of a Classic Lasagna with less fat and less calories. Win win!
Now normally, as you know, I’m a huge cheese lover. And that’s hasn’t ended, trust me. But not every recipe, not even every LASAGNA recipe, needs to be layered in every type of cheese. We skipped the traditional ricotta cheese found in lasagna and also skipped tons and tons of shredded cheese on top.
We did broil on some low fat shredded cheese on top…because like I said, everything in moderation! What would lasagna be without cheese? Live a little!
I’m so excited about this Healthy Lasagna Recipe because it proves that not all indulgent recipes have to require stretchy pants. We can live up to our New Years Resolutions while still enjoying what we eat. I think that’s important to keeping up with goals. Can’t hate every moment of it.
Some other notable healthy recipes that people just love on the site are Salmon with Avocado Salsa, Skinny Margarita, Baked Fried Chicken, Garlic Mashed Cauliflower, Mexican Grilled Corn on the Cob, and Roasted Brussels Sprouts. Who says healthy recipes can’t have tons of flavor?!
If you’re looking for lasagna but this isn’t quite right, check out our White Chicken Lasagna, Dutch Oven Lasagna, or Seafood Lasagna! Something for everyone.
See the recipe card below for full details on How to Make Weight Watchers Lasagna Recipe. Enjoy!
Skinny Cheat’s Lasagna (only 8 Weight Watchers Points!)
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 carrots diced
- 2 ribs celery diced
- 1 zucchini peeled and diced
- ½ sweet yellow onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1 pound 90% lean ground beef or chicken/turkey
- 14.5 ounces diced tomatoes undrained (1 can)
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- 5 Barilla Oven-Ready lasagna sheets broken roughly into 8-12 pieces
- 1 cup mozzarella pearls optional
- 1½ cups non-fat shredded Italian cheese blend
- ½ cup chopped fresh basil plus more for serving
Instructions
- In a large, oven-proof skillet, heat the oil and butter over medium-high heat. Sauté the carrots and celery for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the diced onion and zucchini and sauté approximately 3-4 minutes or until onions are translucent and zucchini has softened.
- Add the garlic and thyme, stir, and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the beef and cook 2-4 minutes or until beef has browned. Stir to break up any chunks of meat.
- Stir in tomatoes, 1-cup water and tomato paste.
- Do a taste test, and season, to taste, with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Bring the mixture to boil.
- Add the pasta pieces and mozzarella pearls and stir.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, covered 10 minutes.
- Remove lid and cook 5-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened.
- Turn oven to broil.
- Top the beef mixture with the Italian Cheese Blend and broil just until cheese has melted and top is golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped fresh basil.
- Serve with side salad and oven-toasted, buttery crostini.
- Enjoy!
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Becky’s tips
- Nutritional information does not include optional ingredients.
Nutrition Information
loved it!
I made at with fresh pasta, and it was so good! Everyone enjoyed at. This site makes me look like a pro.
So glad to hear you loved it, Milica!
I ran this recipe through the WW site and it’s coming back as 11 points per serving. The only way I can get it down to 8 is by removing the butter and ground turkey. I must be doing something wrong. It looks AMAZING though!
Hi, this recipe was originally published in 2018, so it uses the points calculator from that time period. I believe with the updated calculator, it may come out to 9 points per serving!
I have not tried it yet. I can not find what the serving size is for the 8 points. Even under the nutritional information it does not say for how much. Can anyone help me with this?
Hi Betty, this recipe makes 6 servings, so 1/6 of the pan is a serving worth 8 points.
I have made this several times and everyone enjoys it! It’s light and delicious. My husband prefers spicy foods so he adds spices to his own plate!
We’re sorry you didn’t enjoy this recipe, Angela! We do recommend seasoning the sauce to taste before assembling the lasagna!
WCynt
Best tasting low calorie
Thanks for sharing, Jodi!