Monday, November 19, 2012

Hello Bloggers! I am posting another delicious recipe today. VEGETABLE LASAGNA!  I must admit the first time I made it I was skeptical. I didn't know if it was going to taste good or not. As I chopped an entire head of broccoli and an entire package of spinach I thought "this is probably not going to be one of my favorites but, it's healthy so I will eat it" then, as I crumbled the tofu into the mixture I thought "I hope I can gag this down"   Well...I was pleasantly surprised when I took my first bite. Not only was it eatable it was DELICIOUS! The next test would be to have the hubster and kids try it and guess what?! They LOVED it too! My kids asked for another serving after they finished! They had no idea that they were eating spinach,broccoli,mushrooms,peppers,carrots,onions,garlic, and tofu! My kids normally won't even touch most of those vegetables plain. The trick is to chop the vegetables up in a food processor really really tiny. I think KNOW that if the vegetables would have been chopped in huge pieces my boys would have looked at me with their "this is disgusting" eyes. :P   Once it's done the tofu resembles the color and texture of feta cheese so the hubs had no clue that he was eating tofu until I told him! funny!  Anyway, this is a recipe I make often and it's extremely healthy and everyone likes it. I hope you all
enjoy it as much as we do!




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Prep Time: 30 mins | Cook Time: 45 mins | Makes: 6 | Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients:

  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 small piece of garlic chopped and pressed
  • 5 mushrooms chopped
  • 1 head of broccoli
  • 1 carrot chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup corn
  • 1/2 package of firm tofu
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 tsp oregano
  • 1/2 tsp italian seasonings
  • 1/2 tsp rosemary
  • 1 jar of RAO'S tomato basil marinara sauce (bought at whole foods)
  • Whole grain lasagna noodles
  • 1/2 cup fresh or frozen chopped spinach
  • 4 Roma tomato sliced thin

Directions:

Chop all veggies in the food processer
Preheat oven to 400°
Water sauté onion and garlic on high heat for 3 minutes.
Add mushrooms and cook until mushrooms give up liquid.
Put all that in a bowl
Next, sauté broccoli and carrots for 5 minutes then add them to the bowl
Sauté pepper and corn for a couple minutes and add to bowl
Drain tofu by putting it in a paper towel then crumble it into the vegetable bowl.
Add spices and combine
Cover the bottm of a 8x8 pan with some sauce then put a layer of uncooked noodles then pour more sauce over the top of noodles.
Pour the bowl of veggie mixture on top of that
Cover with a second layer of noodles and more sauce
Put spinach on top
Cover with remaining sauce
Cover the top with sliced Roma tomatoes
Cover with foil and cook for 45 minutes
Optional: sprinkle with ground cashews and cook for 15 more minutes.