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Vegetable Lasagne

Healthy vegetable packed lasagne in a rich tomato sauce.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 Onion finely diced
  • 2 Stalks celery diced
  • 1 Carrot diced
  • 1/2 Capsicum diced
  • 1 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 tsp Crushed garlic (1 clove)
  • 1 Zucchini diced
  • 200 gm Mushrooms sliced
  • 700 gm Passata (Tomato Puree or crushed tomatoes)
  • 2 Tbsp Tomato paste
  • 1/3 Cup Red lentils
  • Pinch Salt
  • Pinch Black pepper
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1/4 Cup Fresh basil leaves or 1 tsp dried
  • 60 gm Baby spinach leaves
  • 1 Pkt Lasagne Sheets (I use fresh but dried are fine)
  • 1 Cup Mozzarella cheese or Pizza blend cheese
White Sauce
  • 40 gm Butter
  • 40 gm Plain flour
  • 500 ml Milk
  • Pinch Salt
  • Pinch Pepper
  • 1 Cup Tasty cheese grated

Method
 

Vegetable Sauce
  1. Heat oil in large pan.
  2. Add onion, celery, carrot, capsicum and garlic, fry until softened.
  3. Add mushrooms and zucchini cook until softened.
  4. Add Passata, tomato paste, red lentils, basil, sugar, salt and pepper, simmer 30 minutes.
  5. Add spinach leaves and cook until wilted.
  6. Preheat oven 180 C
White Sauce
  1. Melt butter in saucepan or microwavable jug.
  2. Stir in the flour until a smooth paste forms
  3. Slowly add the milk and mix it into the flour mixture.
  4. Cook in the microwave 3 minutes, stirring regularly, or cook on stove for 10 minutes or so or until thickened.
  5. Stir in the grated cheese cook until the the cheese has melted.
Assembly
  1. Lightly grease a casserole dish 30 X 25 X 6 cm
  2. Place a thin layer of sauce on the base of dish top with pasta sheets, then complete the layering until all sauce is used and using 3 layers of pasta.
  3. Pour white sauce over top layer and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and bake in oven for 50-60 minutes or until golden.

Notes

This makes a large lasagne and often when I make lasagne I usually make 2 smaller dishes and freeze one for later.
If you prefer a spicier sauce add 1 chilli chopped when you add the garlic.
Serve with a green salad.
You can easily substitute any vegetable in the sauce.
A sprinkle of crumbled fetta or goats cheese before the white sauce goes on is delicious.