Italian Garden Lazagne
Samantha
Don’t worry about the long list of ingredients, just chop everything up first and then assemble it’s very easy and very yummy.
ingredients
- 1 8 oz package lasagna noodles, uncooked
- 1 30 oz jar meatless spaghetti sauce
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped yellow or red bell pepper
- 1 cup coarsely shredded carrots
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup finely chopped zucchini
- 1 cup finely chopped broccoli flowerets
- 1 teaspoon each dried basil and dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 10 oz package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well
- 1 15 oz container part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 1/4 cups part-skim Mozzarella cheese (5 oz)
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°
- 2
Lightly oil a 9x13 inch baking pan
- 3
In a large bowl, combine sauce and water, set aside.
- 4
To prepare vegetables; heat oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, carrots, and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, 3 minutes. Add remaining vegetables, except spinach. Sprinkle with spices. Cook, stirring frequently, 5 minutes Remove from heat and stir in spinach. Set aside 1 cup of vegetables.
- 5
To prepare cheese filling: set aside 1/2 cup of the Mozzarella cheese. In a medium bowl, combine remaining Mozzarella cheese with ricotta and Parmesan. Mix well.
- 6
To assemble: spread 1 cup of the sauce in the bottom of prepared pan. top with a third of the noodles, then 1/2 cup of the sauce. Next, spoon half of the cheese mixture over the noodles. Top with half of the vegetables, pressing them down into the cheese. Top with another 1/2 cup of sauce.
- 7
To it again ending with the noodles. Spoon the 1 cup of vegetables over noodles. Top with remaining sauce, making sure noodles are entirely covered with sauce.
- 8
Cover and bake 40 minutes. Uncover and spoon sauce from sides of pan over noodles. Sprinkle with reserved Mozzarella cheese and continue to bake uncovered, 30 minutes more.
- 9
Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
notes
398 calories, 19 g protein, 15 g fat, 50 g carbohydrate, 864 sodium, 27 mg cholesterol
Source: Samantha
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