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Have you ever wanted carb comfort foods but are on a low carb keto-based diet? Well, crave no more! Annie from Keto Focus has a special keto lasagna recipe that isn’t carb-loaded and tastes just as good as traditional lasagna! It’s packed with lean protein like ground beef and thin-sliced chicken, and it only has 4 net carbs—but tons of amazing cheesy flavor.

The keto diet is a shortened form of the ketogenic diet. It means that you eat meals with extremely low carbohydrates, but plenty of protein and fats. You’ll cut out most carbs, including sugars, pasta, bread, high-carb grains, most fruits, starchy vegetables, beans and sugary drinks. In return, though, you’ll fill your plate with meat, fish, cheese, eggs, nuts and low-carb vegetables like cauliflower and zucchini. The idea behind a keto-friendly diet is that you’re eating so few carbs that your body is forced to burn the excess fat.

Why isn’t lasagna keto-friendly?

Traditional lasagna is packed full of carbs thanks to the noodles. On the keto diet, you’ll generally want to keep your carb consumption around 20 to 50 grams a day. A single serving of pasta has around 25 grams—which means you’re well past your limit just with the lasagna noodles. Thankfully, there are plenty of keto-friendly alternatives to lasagna noodles that offer fewer carbs but great texture.

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Best keto lasagna noodles

So your favorite lasagna is high-carb? Don’t worry. You can make some easy switches to the noodles to make a keto-friendly lasagna that will still be just as delicious. Try using these lasagna noodle alternatives instead.

• Thinly sliced deli meat
• Seaweed sheets
• Zucchini slices
• Eggplant slices
• Spaghetti squash
• Shredded cabbage

Deli meat and seaweed sheets are already in lasagna noodle shape when you get them, but for the zucchini and eggplant, use a vegetable sheet cutter, a large vegetable peeler or a sharp knife and a lot of skill. For the spaghetti squash and cabbage options, you’ll just lay down a layer of shreds where the noodles would typically be.

How do I stop low carb noodles from being bitter?

Zucchini and eggplant can be pretty bitter, so if you’re going to use them to make a keto-friendly lasagna, you’ll want to get that bitterness out. Here’s what to do.

1. Lay your slices out flat.
2. Sprinkle a generous layer of salt on top of the slices.
3. Let them sit for an hour.
4. Rinse off all the salt and press the…