Serves Four-Six
The Ingredients
1 tablespoon avocado oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 lb grass-fed ground beef
24-ounce jar tomato sauce
3 large organic zucchini
Mozzarella cheese, if desired (DF: nutritional yeast)
Topping: basil & nutritional yeast!
The Instructions
Preheat oven to 375ºF. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with oil.
Heat a large skillet w| oil over medium heat. Add the onion and let cook for 5 minutes.
Add the beef to the skillet and let cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Slice the zucchini into long thin pieces. Sprinkle sea salt on the zucchini and let it dehydrate for a few minutes. Dab with a paper towel to get rid of excess water.
Once the beef is fully cooked, remove from heat drain the excess oil. Add the sauce to the skillet and mix well. Pour a small amount of the beef/sauce mixture to the bottom of the baking dish.
Add a layer of zucchini to the dish, sprinkle with cheese and top with sauce. Continue this pattern until zucchini is gone. Be sure to finish with sauce + cheese!
Place in oven and bake uncovered about 40 minutes. Top with any desired basil, nutritional yeast, slice and dig in!
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