Lean Lasagna

 

Lean Lasagna

“Since taking up cooking in the Q (quarantine), we’ve had a ton of fun veganizing and healthifying classic comfort foods and childhood favourites.  Learning about all the alternatives to traditionally not-great-for-you foods and ingredients has been so fun! This lasagna represents this journey well. It’s crazy healthy, filling, and of course DELICIOUS!”

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course dinner recipe

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

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• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 large onion (diced)
• 3 cloves garlic, minced (1½ tbsp.)
• 1¼ bag of fresh baby spinach
• 1 packet tempeh (cubed)
• 1 package garlic & herb tofu cream cheese
• ½ cup chopped fresh basil
• ¼ cup nutritional yeast
• 3 cups pasta sauce
• 3 cups salsa
• 12 uncooked green lentil lasagna noodles

Vegan parmesan

• blend 3/4 cup raw cashews
• 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
• ¼ tsp  garlic powder
• ¼ tsp onion salt
• cayenne pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375 ℉ / 190 ℃.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Sauté onions until translucent, then add garlic.
• Cook for 3-5 minutes, or until slightly browned.
• Add spinach, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until wilted. Set aside.
• Blend tempeh, cream cheese, basil, and nutritional yeast, until the mixture is thick and smooth. Add splashes of water to help lubricate if necessary, salt and pepper to taste.
• Combine pasta sauce and salsa.
• Spread tomato mixture on the bottom of a 13- x 9-inch baking dish
• Cover with one-third of the noodles (4 or 5 noodles), spread a thin layer of cream cheese mixture, then veggies, and ladle on another one-quarter of the sauce.
• Repeat the layer of noodles, filling, and veggies. Finish with a final layer of noodles and the remaining sauce.
• Cover lasagna with foil, and bake for 30 minutes.
• Uncover, and bake for 15 minutes more, or until noodles are tender.
• Sprinkle vegan parmesan to cover the pan, and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from oven, and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

Recipe Creator

Name: Sarah Nesheim

Country: USA

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