Vegetarian Lasagna Recipe For A Filling Meal

By Author: rajiv tiwari
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Ingredients For Vegetarian Filling Between Lasagna:

• 4 red bell peppers
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• Salt to taste
• Freshly ground pepper to taste
• 4 yellow squash, cubed
• 1 large onion, sliced thinly
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

Ingredients For Cheese Sauce Of Lasagna:

• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1 ½ cups grated sharp provolone cheese
• ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

Ingredients For Lasagna Recipe:

• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• Freshly ground pepper to taste
• Cooking spray
• 9 cooked lasagna noodles
• 2 cups spinach leaves, divided
• ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• Basil leaves

Directions:

1. Start off your lasagna recipe by preheating the broiler.

2. Cut the bell peppers in half and discard the seeds and membranes. Place pepper halves, skin sides up, on a foil-lined baking sheet and flatten them for the broiler. Broil until the bell peppers ...
... have blackened. Keep it aside for 15 minutes, then peel. Keep aside for later in the lasagna recipe.

3. Preheat the oven to 230° C.

4. Mix oil, salt, black pepper, squash and onion on a baking sheet. Make sure it’s mixed well for a consistent flavour.

5. Bake it in the oven for around 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven put it into a separate bowl. Add garlic to the mixture for the lasagna filling.

6. Decrease oven temperature to 190° C.

7. To prepare cheese recipe, mix all the ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.

8. To make the white sauce for the lasagna, add the flour to a saucepan.

9. Gradually stir in the milk and keep stirring.

10. Place the mixture over a medium flame and cook until it thickens. Remove it from the flame and stir in the chopped basil and the black pepper according to taste.

11. For the lasagna recipe: Spread ¼ cup of the white sauce in bottom of a lasagna baking dish. Make sure it’s coated with cooking spray. Put 3 lasagna noodles over sauce and a cup of cheese on top. Put a layer of spinach, bell pepper halves, 2 cups vegetable mixture and a quarter cup of white sauce.

12. Repeat the lasagna layers, ending with noodles. Spread the remaining white sauce over the lasagna and cover and bake for 15 minutes.

13. Uncover and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top. Bake for 20 more minutes till the cheese is nice and bubble and sprinkle the basil on top.

14. Your lasagna is ready!

Author Bio:

Rajiv Tiwari is an out and out gourmet whose love of food has made him travel to all top food destinations. In this bouquet of articles Rajiv discusses some quick tips on food recipes, and shows us how you can make people enchanted with lipsmacking food recipes. Lasagna Recipe, the lasagna recipe