Have you recently become a vegetarian? Have you found that you are limited to eating only a few recipes compared to what you used to when you did eat meat? Don't be dismayed because there are a few vegetarian dishes that you can enjoy and they can even be as delicious as Italian pasta. Try out this vegetarian lasagna recipe and satisfy your palate today.
Step 1
First thing you need to do is prepare all the ingredients for this vegetarian lasagna recipe. It's not that difficult; all you need is an eggplant, some frozen spinach, lasagna noodles, a pack of low-fat cheese, a jar of meatless sauce, a pack of mozzarella, some salt and pepper, tomatoes, and parsley flakes. Keep in mind that the cheese you have to use must be healthy. You can find all of these ingredients in a supermarket.
Step 2
What you will want to do next for the vegetarian lasagna recipe is defrost the pack of spinach that you have. When defrosting the spinach, it might end up really soggy so try to drain as much water from it as you can. Using a clean cloth might help you do this or you can also use a colander.
Step 3
The eggplant that you bought is whole so you will have to slice it into thin pieces. These pieces should be thin but thick enough that they can be cooked easy. Lay the pieces on a piece of cloth so that you can salt them. Then put another cloth on top of the first one to salt some of the remaining pieces that you might have left.
Step 4
For this vegetarian lasagna recipe to be perfect, you have to cook it right. Place a heavy pan on a cookie sheet on top of the stove and then let it heat for about one to two hours. Then you can cook the lasagna noodles in this heavy pan until they are tender. While doing this you can mix the cottage cheese with spinach in a bowl and then add salt and pepper until you feel it suits your taste buds.
Step 5
This is probably the most difficult part in cooking your vegetarian lasagna recipe. You will need a casserole pan that has sauce spread out evenly inside it. Then add a layer of the lasagna noodles that you just cooked with another layer of eggplant, some sauce, cottage cheese, the mix of spinach that you made, and then top it off with one more layer of lasagna noodles. Do this again until you are satisfied with the thickness of your lasagna.
Step 6
Now here's the easy part. Add the final layer to your dish which will consist of mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, and sliced tomatoes. Then use some parsley flakes.
This vegetarian lasagna recipe needs to be baked and you will need to prepare your oven at about 350 degrees. Place the dish inside the oven for about an hour or until you notice that the eggplant is brown and soft because this will mean that you can now eat it. You can't go wrong with this simple vegetarian lasagna recipe dish.