Yummy Beef Lasagne - amazingly rich beef sauce in between layers of pasta and sweet potato, all finished off with a delicious healthier bechamel white sauce and melted cheese.
The Best Slimming World Beef Lasagne
When it comes to lasagne, only the real deal will do in my house and my families favourite is this delicious recipe right here.
Best of all it has a proper lower calorie bechamel sauce, but none of those unpleasant topping ingredients like of egg, yoghurt or quark.
I mean come on, why would you want to ruin a perfectly good lasagne by topping it with something like that, when you can make it likes this and still low calories too.
Beef and Sweet Potato Lasagne
This delicious lasagne has layers of rich bolognese sauce, with sweet potato slices, lasagne sheets and smokey bacon as well as that delicious cheesy topping.
It's perfect to enjoy just as it is or paired with a mixed salad of your choice or some steam veggies if you prefer.
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How can I add more vegetables to this Yummy Beef Lasagne?
There are some vegetables included in the lasagne, but I always like to pair this up with a mixed salad. Serve in the middle of the table for everyone to dig into and add some to their plate.
All kinds of salad vegetables are perfect – baby greens, crisp lettuce, cucumber, carrot, peppers, tomatoes, onion, radishes and beetroot etc
Hey, and I know potatoes are not a vegetables. But sometimes you just want Lasagne AND chips right? and so I have the recipe for PERFECT Homemade Oven Chips.
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Slimming Friendly Yummy Beef Lasagne
The BEST Beef Lasagne – amazingly rich beef sauce in between layers of pasta and sweet potato, all finished off with a delicious healthier bechamel white sauce and melted cheese.
Ingredients
- 400g/14oz of extra lean beef mince (or swap for lentils or a meat subtitute)
- 1 large sweet onion, chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 2 slices of lean back bacon or Canadian bacon
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 4 mushrooms chopped
- 600g (21oz) tin of chopped plum tomatoes or passata
- 600g sweet potato, peeled and sliced into rounds
- pinch of fresh herbs (thyme, oregano, sage, rosemary)
- pinch cinnamon
- pinch chilli powder
- 2 teaspoons of paprika
- 1 cup (240ml) of beef or vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon of balsamic or red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste (puree)
- cooking oil spray
- 100g (3.5oz) of mozzarella cheese, grated or torn into pieces
- 15g (0.5oz) of parmesan cheese, grated
- approx 6 sheets of oven ready lasagne sheets (can use gluten free) - may need more or less depending on size of your dish
- salt and black pepper
for the cheese sauce
- 1.25 tablespoons of cornstarch
- 300ml of 1% milk
- 15g (0.5oz) of parmesan cheese, grated
- salt and black pepper for seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200c or 400f
- Spray a frying pan with some cooking oil spray and cook the bacon with a pinch of cinnamon until golden,
- Add the onions, garlic, carrot and herbs and fry for a further few minutes, making sure it is all mixed together.
- Add the beef mince and cook till browned.
- Add the mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato paste, stock and the balsamic vinegar. Bring to a boil, then reduce to low, cover and simmer for approx 30 mins
- Peel and slice the sweet potato, sprinkle with some paprika, chilli powder and spray oil and bake in the oven until tender. (approx 30 mins)
- When the sweet potato is almost done, you can make the cheese sauce.
- Add the milk and cornstarch to a small saucepan over a medium high, constantly stirring until it comes to a boil and thickens. Add the 15g of parmesan cheese and continue to stir until cheese is melted into sauce, season with salt and black pepper.
- Using a square lasagne dish. Add half the meat mixture and then 3 lasagne sheets, then layer with the sweet potato slices. Repeat with another layer of meat sauce and then again top with 3 lasagne sheets.
- Pour over the top the cheese sauce and sprinkle with the 100g of mozzarella and 15g of parmesan.
- Turn oven up to 200c or 400f and bake for approx 30 mins, until cheese has melted and is golden.
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
- Serve with your choice of sides.
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1 SERVINGAmount Per Serving Calories 578Total Fat 14.7gSaturated Fat 8.2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 12gCholesterol 167mgCarbohydrates 62.6gFiber 9.4gSugar 28.3gProtein 43.9g
Nutritional information is an estimate and is to be used for informational purposes only. Ingredients can vary greatly from brand to brand and therefore it would be impossible to give accurate information
zoe says
This looks so delicious!
JoyC says
Yummy by name....! Fab dish.
Lorraine says
Hey this looks yummy. Is cornstarch the same as corn flour?
xxx
admin says
yep it sure is 🙂
monique says
I made this yesterday and OMG it is soo lovely. It tastes so much nicer than SW recipies for lasagne which are usually made with yogurt (for the white sauce). This tastes like the real deal and is SW friendly.
keep doing what you do xx
Ivana says
This was really lovely, I can't believe you could eat as much of this as you like for FREE! I'm sure the calories would add up if you ate too many servings in one go!! A really lovely recipe. Only down side is not good for reheating as the white sauce dries up. Definitely do again as the kids loved it too.
Christy says
I love pasta, but Lasagne for some reason has never been "my thing" but my other half loves it, so I thought I give it a go!
It is really worth the effort, and I liked it, it has not converted me personally, but I would def. make and have it again, whilst others I just wouldn't bother with any more!
My partner loved it, and so did my 3 year old!
Thank you again! 😀
Christy
Anonymous says
We had this for tea tonight and it was absolutely yummy!
I had no HE's left to use and used more Mozzarella then stated in the recipe, but each portion (made 6 altogether) still only worked out to be 5syns! I also used 4 layers of lasagne sheets which made it more filling.
If you like lasagne, I can highly recommend this recipe!
Thank you for posting it!
Angela
Anonymous says
lasagne & spaghetti carbonara are so good... thanks to them am back on track...lol!! x Pauline
Anonymous says
I sometimes find Lasagne recipes a bit too rich but this one is so light. What a difference to the normal way I've made it in the past. It is really filling too.
Thanks for another fab recipe...... keep them coming xxxx
Sherrie says
We really enjoyed this, I wasn't initially going to include the sweet potato as I thought it was odd but I'm so glad I did, it really added a richness to the dish. I also actually enjoyed it more without the cheese sauce in each layer that I would have normally added.
Michelle Fisher says
OMG Siobhan,
This lasagne recipe was A-Ma-Zing! I made a few tweaks, but the addition of the sweet potato, oh my days....yummy! My husband went back for seconds & then exclaimed "I could keep eating this until I burst"!! Just love your website for ideas on what to cook, and always straight forward & turns out as you say it will....many thanks for all your knowledge & recipes Xx
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Thank you so much for the lovely comment Michelle. This is one of my favourite recipes that I make again and again. So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Michelle Fisher says
My score disappeared ?? 5* from me 🙂 xx
Sandra Webster says
By far the best Slimming World lasagne. It’s delicious. Thank you
Sandra Webster says
By far the best Slimming World lasagne I’ve made. It’s delicious. Thank you
sue adams says
This was my 1st attempt at home made lasagne and my 1st recipe from this page - absolutely amazing, looked authentic and tasted as good if not better than shop bought this recipe gave me inspiration to 1 want to make more of Siobhan's recipes and 2 to know i can eat hearty wholesome food, enjoy cooking it and still lose weight. Try it you won't be disappointed.....
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Ahh thank you Sue, I’m so glad this inspired you to try more.
Teresa Abbott says
Is there a suitable alternative for the sweet potato in the recipe
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Teresa, you could use butternut squash or just omit altogether
Adkins says
I really really enjoyed this - the best lasagne recipe I have made, let alone a slimming world lasagne recipe! Would this be suitable for freezing?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
So happy to hear that, you can indeed freeze this. I regularly freeze a portion when I make this 🙂
Sandie says
Thought I'd give this recipe a go and so glad I did. It was delicious, I'm not very good in the kitchen but this turned out perfect. Will definitely be doing this again. Thanks so much for the great recipe.
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Sandie - this makes me so happy to hear. It is one of my favourite lasagne recipes that I have been making for years. Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and leave a comment, it's very much appreciated.
Rachel says
Hi just a couple of questions which one would you put as HEA as im struggling with this in food diary?
Also how many does it serve?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Remember that although it contains more than one healthy extra, it serves more than one person, so when divided into servings is just 1 healthy extra and 0.5 syns. For the purpose of your food diary you can select any of the healthy extra options, i.e. cheese or milk.
Christine says
This a family favourite in our house it tastes so good everytime. I love the white sauce in lasagne and thought I might not be happy only having 1 layer but you don't even notice . Lasagne is my husband's favourite dish and now he asks for this one every week ☺️
Christine says
Also I use your recipes everyday. we haven't found one yet we didn't like. There is so much variety I'm so glad I found your site x
Anji dyer says
How many people does this serve, it says yeild 4, so is this for 4 people?, It's absolutely gorgeous, made one for my son and his boys and they were blown away with it, love your recepies, wish you would do a book.xxx
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
yep you got it!! yield is indeed servings 😉
Tracy says
Made this recipe for the 3rd time now it’s amazing going to double up next time and freeze it another great recipe from you thankyou
Jackie says
Hi, if I substitute the meat for brown lentils, does this affect the cooking time?
Stephanie Ray says
Made this tonight and it was really tasty. Loved the sweet potato addition.
Kevan Trotter says
Hi do you chop the bacon up or cook it like normal
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
yes chop it up.
Hannah says
Hi, I am yet to try this recipe but is it fresh lasagne sheets or dry lasagne sheets? Because I thought you had to syn fresh pasta? Many thanks xx
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
it's dry pasta I use, fresh pasta is synned. I use oven ready lasagne sheets (they are still dry pasta), they just do not require cooking before layering for the lasagne, some lasagne sheets do, so check the box of the ones you use.
Julie says
Absolutely loved this recipe, would never have guest this was a healthy option. All my family loved it. Thank you so much
Sarah Hateley says
Absolutley loved this! Tasted naughty although it wasn't!
How is it best to reheat this recipe? Thanks!
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
So glad you enjoyed it. I just reheat in microwave until hot throughout or in the oven. Either is fine.
Marie Cuthbertson says
Wow, first time at trying this recipe and it's absolutely amazing. Will definitely be a regular on the menu 😋