Paleo Butternut Squash Lasagna

By mack

Ingredients

• 1 lb hot Italian sausage, casing removed ( I prefer andoullie or chicken apple sausage)
• 1 yellow or white onion
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 15 oz can pizza sauce (Muir Glen Organic Pizza Sauce, 15-Ounce Can)
• 1/2 c sun dried tomatoes(we used the one in the oil) not dired
• 1/4 c extra virgin olive oil
• couples leaves of fresh basil (leave it out if you don’t have it, just freshens up the sauce a bit)
• 1 small to medium butternut squash
• 1 Pck of mushrooms
• 3 cheese blend from whole foods

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Get your oven to 400ºF. In a saute pan crumble the sausage and brown it, along with the onions & garlic. While that’s going, cut the top and ends of the squash off and peel it. Split it into 1/4′s. What I mean by that is, right where the squash starts to turn bulbous, cut it in 1/2, width-wise. Split those two halves in half, lengthwise. This will make it much easier to cut into planks. Pull out the seeds. Don’t be anal about getting out all the strings, as you won’t even notice those when they’re cooked. Slice the squash into the aforementioned planks. ( Basically cut them into slices like you would a lasagna noodle but a bit thicker)
Make the sauce by pureeing the pizza sauce, sun dried tomatoes, olive oil and basil. If you don’t a contraption that will puree (blender, food processor, immersion blender, magic bullet), chop up the sun dried tomatoes and just whisk everything together.
Using a 9×9 oven safe baking dish, put down enough sauce to lightly cover the bottom of the dish. (This keeps the squash from sticking to the pan.) Next add the squash, trying not to overlap the pieces, then spoon on the sausage mixture, followed by the sauce. Repeat until all your ingredients are used up…trying to reserve enough sauce to cover the top of the lasagna.
Bake for 45 minutes. You’re looking for a bubbly pan with a crispy, browned top. Right out of the oven, the lasagna may by liquidy, let it set for a good half hour before cutting into it, as it will solidify.