A Healthy Vegetarian Lasagna Recipe

Looking into trying out a vegetarian diet and worried that there might not be any tasty recipes to satisfy your palate? Well, you may be surprised to find out that anything that you can cook with meat can be cooked with vegetables. This even includes your Italian favorites like pizza and pasta. So before you give up on trying to be a vegetarian, look into this vegetarian lasagna recipe first and see if it works for you.


Lasagna Recipe

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 needs to be prepared and cut in to thin pieces. Make sure that you make them into slices that will not slow down the cooking process. Lay these slices on a cloth and add a little salt. Place another cloth on top of the first salted layer and then repeat what you did with the remaining slices.

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
Now here's the tricky part in the healthy vegetarian lasagna recipe process. Add sauce into a casserole pan and spread it out evenly. Then add a layer of lasagna noodles, a layer of eggplant, sauce, a layer of cottage cheese, spinach mix, and then another layer of lasagna noodles. Repeat this process until you reach the top of the casserole pan or however thick you want your dish to be.
Step 6
Now for the best part because it's the easiest. To finalize your pasta, add mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce and some tomato slices. Then add parsley flakes for more flavor and color.

After you have prepared all of this, bake the dish at a temperature of 350 degrees and leave it on for about an hour. Once you notice that the eggplant becomes soft and brownish, you can remove it and you can start eating once it's a little cooled. This is an easy and tasty vegetarian lasagna recipe you can cook to satisfy your craving for good and healthy food.


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