Recipe: Meatless Dinner Recipes: Easy Vegetable Lasagna

Ingredients
For Tomato Sauce

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 1 Medium Onion (diced) 3 Cloves Garlic (minced) 1 28 Ounce Can Diced Tomatoes 2 Teaspoons Dried Ore ano 2 Teaspoons Dried !asil "os#er Salt Fres#l$ Ground !lac% &epper

For 'asa na

1 'ar e (

plant (sliced len t#)ise 1*8+ t#ic%,t#en cut slices in #al- len t#)ise)

2 Medium .uc#inni (sliced len t#)ise1*8+ t#ic%) / 0oma Tomatoes (sliced len t#)ise 1*8+ t#ic%) 2 Cups 0icotta C#eese Olive Oil /,1 Spri s o- Fres# T#$me (leaves removed) Fres#l$ Ground !lac% &epper Grated &armesan C#eese

Instructions
For Tomato Sauce 12 22 32 /2 3dd olive oil to a medium saucepan and #eat over medium #i # #eat2 Once oil is #ot4 add in onions and arlic2 Stirrin -re5uentl$4 coo% until t#e onions start to so-ten2 Turn #eat do)n to medium and add in tomatoes4 ore ano and basil2 Continue coo%in until tomatoes brea% do)n and mi6ture is a bit t#ic%er (appro6imatel$ 11 minutes)2 7- mi6ture is spatterin all over4 $ou can reduce t#e #eat a little more2 !ut %eep stirrin 2

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8sin a stic% blender4 puree t#e tomato mi6ture2 (9ou could also do t#is in $our blender : ;ust ma%e sure to vent t#e top a little2) 7 li%e mine to still #ave some c#un%s in it4 so 7 don<t puree all o- it2

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3dd salt and pepper to taste2

For 'asa na 12 22 32 /2 &re#eat oven to 3>1 de rees Faren#eit2 Spoon tomato sauce onto bottom o- pan2 Start b$ la$in a piece o- e plant (s%in side up) alon t#e ed e o- $our pan2 Continue doin t#is all t#e )a$ around t#e pan onl$ sli #tl$ overlappin t#e ends2 ?e6t4 spread some o- t#e ricotta c#eese onto a slice o- @uc#inni2 Firml$ place t#is slice (c#eese -acin t#e e around t#e pan2 12 =2 >2 82 B2 1A2 112 ?e6t4 la$ t#e tomato slices ne6t to t#e @ucc#ini2 7- $ou li%e4 $ou can double up on t#e tomato slices or leave it a sin le la$er2 Continue doin t#is until t#e bottom o- t#e pan is covered2 'i #tl$ dri@@le t#e top o- t#e lasa na )it# olive oil t#en sprin%le on t#e t#$me leaves and a -e) rinds o- blac% pepper2 Cover t#e top o- t#e lasa na )it# a piece o- parc#ment paper t#at is cut to -it t#e dis# and ba%e -or /A,/1 minutes (until top is sli #tl$ bro)ned)4 0emove t#e parc#ment paper and top )it# rated &armesan c#eese2 &ut t#e lasa na bac% into t#e oven -or 1,1A minutes or until t#e c#eese is melted2 'et cool -or 1A minutes be-ore servin 2 plant) ne6t to t#e e plant2 Continue doin t#is all t#e )a$

Quick notes
7 made 2 separate pans o- t#is lasa na2 One pan )as /5t and t#e ot#er )as a 2 1*2 5t2 9ou could easil$ ma%e t#is in a B+ pie pan or in an 8+ s5uare pan2 T#is recipe is also eas$ to multipl$ up -or lar er dis#es2

Variations
T#is )ould also taste delicious )it# onions and*or peppers added to it2