Who doesn’t like the sound of Vegetarian Lasagna? The perfect way to savor a good and filling Italian dinner is to gather all the ingredients, layer them up in a baking dish and pop it in the oven to bake into a perfectly delicious meal – and there you have it, the recipe for an easy lasagna dinner at home! This one has the added goodness of Spinach, Mushrooms, some shallots and loads of cheese. Its critical to bake the lasagna at proper temperature and also, don’t get skimpy on the cheese – after all, that is what makes it so yummy![Recipe & photo courtesy of Bawarchi Food]
Ingredients
One packet of Lasagna strips
2 cups any pasta sauce of your liking (Tomato-based sauce preferred)
2 cups fresh spinach leaves
1/2 cup shallots – chopped
1/2 cup mushrooms – washed and chopped (optional)
1 cup Ricotta cheese
1 cup Parmesan cheese
1 cup shredded cheese (4-cheese mexican blend)
Salt – to taste
dry basil flakes – to taste
Method
Boil about 10 strips of lasagna in some water with some salt. Drain the water and let the strips cool down. Drizzle with a spoonful of oil to prevent them from sticking together.
Heat the pasta sauce in a pan, and season with the basil flakes, and more salt/pepper if needed.
Put approximately 5 table spoons of Ricotta cheese in a bowl. Mix in equal quantity of the Parmesan cheese with the Ricotta cheese and blend well.
Take a deep dish casserole that is oven safe and pour a little sauce into it. Next add a few strips of lasagna (layer the base completely), cover them with the spinach leaves, mushrooms, shallots and spread the ricotta and parmesan cheese mixture over the top. Repeat with another layer of noodles, sauce, spinach and cheese, till all noodles are used. Finally sprinkle a generous amount of the the shredded mixed cheese.
Cover the casserole dish with foil and poke some holes into the top with a fork. Bake for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, until the noodles are cooked through, and the cheese at the top broils to a nice golden color.
Serve hot with Homemade Garlic Bread or Garden Salad!
This lasagna looked so tasty and easy (tasty & easy, what a marvelous combination!) that I had to use it last night to cook for my visiting friends. They were so impressed with the sheer deliciousness of the dish that everyone asked for the recipe.
Thanks for sharing, I'm sure I'll be making this many times over!
I love the colors in your spinach lasagna. It looks scrumptuous!
Totally mouth watering!
This looks great. My sister sometimes wants me to make her vegetarian lasagne; I'll try this one!
I don't make nearly enough lasagna. This one looks amazing! I'm definitely bookmarking it to make.
First time here looks wonderful.My fav one…absolutely delicious!
Simply love lasagna and this recipe looks absolutely delicous. It's bursting with veggies in between each layer.
Lasagna filled with my favorite veggies …Looks so good and delicious !