How to Make Vegetable Lasagna

Most everyone loves a nice piece of lasagna every once in a while. My family loves it at least once a week. Sometimes that can get a little boring when you have it all the time. To make things a little different I decided to make vegetable lasagna instead. Here is my recipe, hope you enjoy it.

The first thing you need to do is prep everything that is going to be used. You will be amazed at how much time is spent trying to figure out what to do next. Chop your canned carrots and mushrooms up into bite size pieces. Allow your frozen spinach to thaw and drain. Open up all cans and put into separate bowls. Take your ricotta out of the refrigerator and place inside bowl. Now get rid of all the trash you have acquired. A clean kitchen is definitely easier to work with then a messy one.

Place a pot of water onto the stove top on high. Add two tablespoons of salt and allow to boil rapidly. Once the water has come to a boil add your lasagna noodles and turn down to medium heat. Let cook for 15 minutes, drain and place noodles into cold water. Do not use those oven ready noodles, those do not work unless you like really chewy noodles.

In another pot, start to cook your mushrooms. Take just a small tab of butter and cook until the mushroom are soft. Once soft, remove and allow to cool down.

You should already have defrosted and drained your spinach. If so, take a large bowl and mix all the vegetables together. Add a few dashes of salt and pepper just for extra taste. Place aside for the moment.

Now we begin to build the vegetable lasagna. Grab your lasagna pan and place in an area where there is enough room. Take some of the sauce and evenly spread it along the bottom of the pan. Place one layer of noodles across the bottom of the pan. Add a thin layer of ricotta cheese, a thin layer of the vegetables, a thin layer of the Italian style diced tomatoes and a thin layer of the shredded mozzarella cheese. Place another layer of noodles on top of that and add more sauce, then repeat process of adding the ingredients. Continue until all the ingredients are used up and you are at the top of the pan.

Once you have layered the vegetable lasagna all the way to the top, add the rest of your sauce and cover the top with shredded mozzarella cheese until you no longer see noodles.

Now place vegetable lasagna inside of a pre-heated 350 degree oven for approximately 40 minutes or until hot all the way through. Take out and allow to stand for another 15 minutes. Take to the table and serve with some beautiful crusty bread and a dinner salad !