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I love lasagna, but the traditional version can take up a good portion of my daily points. I’m sharing one of our favorite lasagna recipes today– my Weight Watchers Lasagna Recipe!
Did I mention that you can cook this right in your Instant Pot? This makes it a great weeknight meal because you can put it in the pot, allow it to cook while you tend to other things, then requires only one pot to clean after dinner! No Instant Pot? That’s ok, there are oven directions as well.
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I’m rewriting all of your favorite recipes so anyone can easily cook them–regardless of your experience in the kitchen! If you’re new to the kitchen or this recipe, you might find valuable tips and information below in the post.
If you feel comfortable with cooking basics, scroll down to the bottom of this post where you’ll find the easy to print recipe for this Weight Watchers Turkey Lasagna Recipe!
Ingredients in this WW Lasagna
- Part skim ricotta cheese: You can also use cottage cheese if you’d like! Strain it for lower sodium, and blend it to get rid of the chunks, if you’d like.
- Italian cheese blend: You can also skip the blend and use mozzarella cheese if you’d like.
- Crushed tomatoes: using diced tomatoes or other variations could result in a watery lasagna.
- Dry spices
- Garlic: I prefer to use fresh minced garlic cloves, not the dry seasoning.
- Whole wheat lasagna noodles: Sometimes I order mine on Amazon because they aren’t super easy to find. If you have to use traditional noodles that ok, just make sure to account for the point difference.
- Fat free ground turkey: Lean ground turkey is the best way to save points on any WW plan.
- Spinach: fresh, not frozen or canned.
TIP: Want to make lasagna right in the inner pot?
- Spray your pot with oil and add 1/2 cup water to the bottom of your inner pot.
- Build your lasagna on top of the water. I’ve found that starting with the meat and then noodles is helpful to avoid the dreaded Instant Pot burn warning that often starts by adding tomato sauce on the bottom of the pot.
How to make WW Lasagna in the Instant Pot
- Mix your fillings: Mix ¾ cup Italian cheese and ricotta together in a small bowl, and set it aside. Reserve the last ¼ cup of cheese for the top. In another bowl, mix the crushed tomatoes, oregano, thyme, parsley, black pepper, onion powder, and garlic.
- Make your layers: Coat the bottom of a 7 inch Instant Pot safe pan with sauce. Next, break your lasagna noodles as needed to fit in the pan and cover the sauce. Add a thin layer of the cheese mixture (flatten with the back of a wooden spoon), then ground turkey, and finally, spinach.
- Repeat: Repeat this process with the remaining ingredients. Top with the reserved ¼ cup of Italian cheese then cover lasagna tightly with aluminum foil.
- Prepare your pot: Place a trivet in the bottom of the Instant Pot insert and add 2 cups of water. Carefully lower your lasagna on top of the trivet.
- Pressure Cook: Close and lock the lid and place the pressure valve in the sealing position. Select Pressure Cook (high pressure) and set the cook time for 35 minutes.
- Natural Release: Once your cook time is complete, allow the pressure to release naturally for at least 15 minutes. When the pressure valve drops, remove the lid. Carefully lift your lasagna from the Instant Pot. Remove the foil from the top. While not necessary, I like to place it in the oven and broil it to brown the top.
How to make WW Lasagna in the Oven
- Preheat your oven to 350º.
- Build your lasagna as directed above, either in a baking dish or pan, then cover with foil and bake for 60 minutes.
Recipe Notes
- You can make your own foil sling to raise and lower your dish. Take a 20” piece of foil and fold into thirds lengthwise. Place your dish in the middle and use the ends as handles.
- Spray the underside of your foil with cooking spray to prevent it from sticking to the cheese.
- You can substitute lean ground beef or Italian turkey sausage for ground turkey, but you will need to refigure your ww points. If using ground beef, brown and drain your meat before layering in your lasagna.
- You can substitute my homemade pasta sauce with jarred marinara sauce. You’ll want to omit the crushed tomatoes and spices that are in the recipe. Be sure and check your label for a low point option.
- Be sure and use fresh spinach, not frozen. I’ve found that frozen releases too much liquid when cooking.
- You can use raw or cooked ground turkey in this recipe–if using raw, make sure your pieces are very thin, so they cook all the way through.
- It’s very important to note that this layering process is a little different for everyone. Your layer might be thicker or thinner than mine, and that is ok! If you get all of the ingredients listed in the recipe, your points will be the same as mine.
- Reheat this lasagna by putting it in the microwave oven, covered, for 1:30-2 minutes.
- If you’ve got fresh basil, I’d highly recommend placing some in between the layers of the lasagna–it’s delicious!
- Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes can be added to the top of this lasagna when serving, but make sure to recalculate your points if necessary.
Weight Watchers Points
This recipe is a perfect example of one I’d use for weight loss. Because it’s balanced with whole grains, healthy vegetables, and a reasonable amount of fat it’ll keep you full for longer.
This recipe makes six large servings. The points value per serving are: 6 Blue Plan Points | 7 Green Plan Points | 3 Purple Plan Points | 2023 Points: 6. Counts are based on following the recipe using 99% fat free turkey, wheat lasagna noodles, reduced fat Italian cheese blend, and part skim ricotta.
More WW Instant Pot Recipes
- Weight Watchers Swedish Meatballs
- Weight Watchers Egg Roll in a Bowl
- WW White Chicken Chili
- Vegan Whole Wheat Pancake Recipe
- Weight Watchers Cheesecake (made with cottage cheese)
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Weight Watchers Lasagna Recipe
Approximate Serving Size: 1/6th of lasagna
Servings 6
This Weight Watchers Lasagna is made with ground turkey and is so easy in your Instant Pot or oven! The points value per serving are: 6 Blue Plan Points | 7 Green Plan Points | 3 Purple Plan Points | 2023 Points: 6. We love this healthy pasta recipe for an easy and delicious weeknight meal!
Equipment
- Instant Pot 6 qt
- Springform Pan
- Instant Pot Trivet
Ingredients
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 cup ricotta cheese part skim
- 28 oz crushed tomatoes (NOT canned tomatoes–they have too much liquid in them) If you’d like to use jarred low-sugar sauce you can.
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 1 tbsp thyme
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 6 whole wheat lasagna noodles I used uncooked (not oven ready), but you can use oven ready whole wheat if you have them.
- 1 lbs fat free ground turkey thawed and broken into small chunks
- 3 cups spinach fresh, not frozen
Instructions
- Mix ¾ cup Italian cheese and ricotta together in a small bowl, and set it aside. Reserve the last ¼ cup of cheese for the top. 1 cup mozzarella cheese, 1 cup ricotta cheese
- In another bowl mix your crushed tomatoes, oregano, thyme, parsley, black pepper, onion powder, and garlic. 28 oz crushed tomatoes, 1 tbsp oregano, 1 tbsp thyme, 1 tbsp parsley, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tbsp onion powder, 1 tbsp garlic
- Coat the bottom of a 7 inch Instant Pot safe pan with sauce. Next, break your lasagna noodles as needed to fit in the pan and cover the sauce. 6 whole wheat lasagna noodles
- Add a layer of the cheese mixture, uncooked ground turkey, and spinach. Repeat this process with the remaining ingredients. 1 lbs fat free ground turkey , 3 cups spinach
- Top with the reserved ¼ cup of Italian cheese then cover your pot tightly with aluminum foil.
- Place a trivet in the bottom of the Instant Pot insert and add 2 cups of water. Carefully lower your lasagna on top of the trivet.
- Close and lock the lid and place the pressure valve in the sealing position. Select Pressure Cook (high) and set the cook time for 35 minutes.
- Once your cook time is complete, allow the pressure to release naturally for at least 15 minutes. When the pressure valve drops, remove the lid.
- Carefully lift your lasagna from your Instant Pot. Remove the foil from the top. While not necessary, I prefer to place it in the oven and broil it to brown the top. Top with fresh basil and serve.
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Notes
Weight Watcher Points
This recipe makes six large servings. The points value per serving are: 6 Blue Plan Points | 7 Green Plan Points | 3 Purple Plan Points | 2023 Points: 6. Counts are based on following the recipe using 99% fat free turkey, wheat lasagna noodles, reduced fat Italian cheese blend, and part skim ricotta.
Recipe Notes
- You can make your own foil sling to raise and lower your dish. Take a 20” piece of foil and fold into thirds lengthwise. Place your dish in the middle and use the ends as handles.
- Spray your foil with cooking spray to prevent it from sticking to the cheese.
- You can substitute ground beef for ground turkey, but you will need to refigure your ww points. If using ground beef, brown and drain your meat before layering in your lasagna.
- You can substitute my homemade pasta sauce with bottled pasta sauce. Just omit the crushed tomatoes and spices. Be sure and check your label for a clean option.
- Be sure and use fresh spinach, I find that frozen releases too much liquid when cooking.
- Spray your pot with oil and add 1/2 cup water to the bottom of your inner pot.
- Build your lasagna on top of the water. I’ve found that starting with the meat and then noodles is helpful to avoid the dreaded Instant Pot burn warning.
Nutrition
Calories: 355kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 316mg | Potassium: 835mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1990IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 247mg | Iron: 5mg
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I’ve just started using my Instant Pot more often (I thought it’d be harder to learn how to use it) and I love it! Adding this to my list of dinners to try- thank you!
I’m obssessed with my instant pot and I can’t wait to try this! Delicious!!!!
Since I’m using oven ready Lasagne noodles, (9 points) I’m assuming that 9 points would be the total for the whole meal since the noodles are my only substitution right?
I’ve just calculated on the WW site to see the difference for the oven ready versus regular whole wheat and divided 6 ways (recipe serves 6) the calculator does not change the point value for the recipe. It’s 4 Freestyle SmartPoints per serving no matter which kind of noodles you use!!
Are the oven ready noodles 9 points by themselves? If so, you’d have to add in the other ingredients as well.
This recipe did not work for me. You didn’t mention a spring pan until after I had made the whole lasagna! Then I just put it on manual for 35 minutes minus the water and the meat was still raw an hour later, after letting it naturally release the pressure. I put it on sautéed to let the meat cook. I like the taste but I will not make this again.
Hi Heather,
I’m sorry the recipe didn’t work for you.
1. In a large bowl mix Italian cheese and cottage cheese.
2. In a separate bowl combine crushed tomatoes, thyme, parsley, pepper, onion powder, and garlic salt (or add your sauce now!).
3. Add sauce to bottom of 7 inch spring form pan. Layer noodles, cheese mix, sauce, uncooked ground turkey, and spinach. Repeat till pan is full. Use two layers of noodles, and use about 2.5 noodles per layer.
You made the entire lasagna before step 3?
And your machine can’t come to pressure without water or liquid of some kind, so I’m confused as to why you didn’t add it. I agree that if you didn’t add water and your machine never came to pressure, it would not be cooked.
What is a spring form pan..does that sit on the wire stand in the instant pot..a little confused. .
The springform pan easily opens and closes to allow you to remove the lasagna in one piece–it sits on the trivet at the bottom of the pot so you can “steam” the food!
What is an instant or what can you just in place of one
An Instant Pot is a pressure cooker. You can cook this in the oven, I’d cook it for a minimum of an hour!
If I used mini springform pans (3x 4″), do you know how long to cook for? Thanks!
If you’re making the same quantity of food the times should be the same!
I made this tonight. The flavors where wonderful but it was so watery. I used spaghetti sauce but very little. I also had to use a 7” cake pan, not spring form. Any suggestions to improve it next time. I ate it but it was not “pretty.”
I just made mine tonight, mine isn’t pretty either. The sauce is too watery. I’m hoping it looks better tomorrow.
Any chance you used anything other than crushed tomatoes? They are the right consistency for this dish.
I’m so sorry if I just missed it but in the post you mentioned there is a video. Is there a link I can click on the for video? I’d love to watch it ❤️ this recipe sounds amazing and I’m much better with visual. Thank you so much for sharing!
Hi Sarah, the video is right below the mention in the post! I just checked and it seems to be there now if you can’t find it or if it is not loading for some reason here’s a link to the same video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyCrazyGoodLife/videos/1728776610487855/
Hi. I love all your recipes and I’m excited to try this one. I’m doing ww freestyle and I’m curious about points if I use lean beef instead of turkey. Is this calculated with 0pt ground turkey or will beef still be 4 pts per serving?
Hi Bonnie!
So glad you are loving all the recipes here, this recipe was calculated using the 0 points ground turkey. You will need to add in the points for your ground beef if you choose to make it that way! Even very lean beef will have more points versus the turkey so that will change the points per serving :)
Thank you. And I assume you use low fat ricotta and low fat cheese blend?
Hi! If I use a 3 qt IP, will it be 35 minutes also? Or half the time?
Wow, this doesn’t make any sense at all!
I can’t possibly fit all the ingredients into a 7 inch spring form pan. You asked for the cheese and ricotta to be mixed together then at the end you asked us to cover the top with the cheese. Well, it’s all been mixed into the ricotta so that’s more points that is if I even have some left over. Also the points could be all over the place with this recipes. It doesn’t state fat free, low fat or whole ricotta and beef or turkey? Well that right there will totally change the points depending on which I use and what the fat percentage is. I finally got fed up and boiled my noodles and threw it in a pan and it’s now it’s in the over.
BTW, mine calculated at 5 freestlye points with fat free ricotta, reg cheese and ground turkey breast for 6 servings.
I wanted to like this but man I’m frustrated with having to redo this and figure out all the points for myself.
Sarah, I’m sorry you found the recipe confusing. Knowing that everyone is going to prefer fat free vs low fat and beef vs turkey, I gave you the counts for the items that I used and encouraged the reader to calculate for the foods they used.
The last payer of the lasagna is cheese, so that is why I said top with cheese–the cheese and ricotta cheese mixture. Again, I’m sorry it was confusing and hope you enjoyed it enough to make it again.
Can’t wait to try this! I have a 6″ Springform pan – will it still work? Also, you mention ussing 3 c of water in the pot – won’t that seep into the pan? Thanks!
We made this tonight and the noodles were not quite done. I went back and saw we were to natural release (we did quick release). Would this impact the noodles being done? The lasagna was delicious and we will definitely make again!
Hi Heather, it will definitely impact the noodles. With the Instant Pot natural release allows everything inside to keep cooking while the pressure slowly decreases. That extra cook time allows the noodles to finish cooking :)
I’m glad you enjoyed the lasagna and I hope that next time it will come out perfectly for you!
Delish! Thought very liquidy. Followed directions exactly with regular noodles and raw turkey.
Did you use whole wheat noodles?
Made this recipe for dinner today. I didn’t have the springform pan so I used a regular one. It came out perfect and more importantly my kids loved it and had seconds.
Whoo!! Thanks for letting me know!
Total time of 50 minutes does not include time required for Instant Pot to become pressurized before clock starts for
35-minutes so add minimum 15-minutes. Also does not account for natural pressure release time which is currently at 15-minutes and counting. Plan at LEAST 90-minutes from start to finish.
Thanks, Gord. Instant Pot users know to add these times in, as most recipe software for blogs doesn’t have a place to add it in. I’ll make a note of the extra times in the recipe :)
Me and my husband just made this and it was pretty good! Next time we were wondering if we should do less sauce for it not to be so liquidy? We used raw meat this time but would like to do cooked meat next time, would this affect the time for anything? This is only the 2nd instant pot meal we’ve made!
You could cut back on sauce a little because of the liquid – I like to broil it to get rid of the extra liquid. It happens because you need liquid to come to pressure in the IP, but I wouldn’t cut back too much :) No time change on the raw vs cooked meat!
Step one should be, make sure your pan fits in your instant pot….. mine does not :(
Oh no! You can cook it right in the pot too, just add 1/2 cup of water :)
If I don’t have the pot, can I just cook it in the main pot itself?
You can! Add just 1/2 cup water at the bottom of the pot and layer your lasagna above it :)
Good to know! Was wondering about this also. Thanks!
Aha! Wish I would’ve read these comments before I tried making last night. Got the burn message. Therefore dumped into glass pan and cooked in oven. Next time I’ll know.
I updated the post above with this info about cooking in the pot. I hope you enjoyed it!
I’m confused on the points? I created a recipe in my app and put each ingredient in individually and it came out to 10 points per serving (using 99% turkey, cottage cheese and part skim mozzarella). I don’t see why there is such a discrepancy? Just curious, thanks!
Also if you are making it without the pan do you just put 1/2 cup water at the bottom or do you also add the 3 cups water in the directions? Thanks :)
Just 1/2 cup at the bottom!!
Hi Brooke!
Did you put the correct number of servings in? 6?
At the end of the post I wrote down exactly what points I got for each ingredient–did you see it?