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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
  

  • 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

Instructions
 

Vegetable Sauce

  • Heat oil in large pan.
  • Add onion, celery, carrot, capsicum and garlic, fry until softened.
  • Add mushrooms and zucchini cook until softened.
  • Add Passata, tomato paste, red lentils, basil, sugar, salt and pepper, simmer 30 minutes.
  • Add spinach leaves and cook until wilted.
  • Preheat oven 180 C

White Sauce

  • Melt butter in saucepan or microwavable jug.
  • Stir in the flour until a smooth paste forms
  • Slowly add the milk and mix it into the flour mixture.
  • Cook in the microwave 3 minutes, stirring regularly, or cook on stove for 10 minutes or so or until thickened.
  • Stir in the grated cheese cook until the the cheese has melted.

Assembly

  • Lightly grease a casserole dish 30 X 25 X 6 cm
  • 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.
  • 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.
 
Keyword Lasagne, Pasta, Vegetable