Vegetable Lasagna

I like cooking vegetarian dish although I am not vegan or vegetarian. This is one of my favorite pasta casseroles.

Ingredients

12 lasagna noodles
3 cups vegetable pasta home-made sauce*
3 eggplants
4 red sweet peppers (seeded)
3 tomatoes (seeded)
1 cup water
¼ teaspoon oregano
2 cups soy milk or rice milk
2 tablespoon all purpose flour
3 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
¼ cup tofu - crushed to tiny pieces (optional)
Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

1st Step: Wash the egg plants, peppers and tomatoes, slice as desired; place all in a broiling pan;

2nd Step: Mix one tablespoon oil with salt and black pepper to taste in a small bowl; Coat the sliced vegetables very well; Broil it for 7-10 minutes;

3rd Step: Meanwhile, prepare a white cream - mix water and flour; whisk it well; Add two tablespoon oil, salt and black pepper to taste; Gradually, add soy milk and cook it until it is creamy;

4th Step: Cook the lasagna noodles following direction from the package. Drain and rinse noodles; separating each, place them on paper towel or baking sheet;

5th Step: Warm the pasta sauce if it was prepared in advance; mix it with oregano;

6th Step: Heat the oven to 350 degree;

7th Step: In a non-stick baking pan, spread ½ cup of vegetable sauce and place four lasagna noodles;

8th Step: Over the noodles (a) spread the creamy white sauce (b) the pasta sauce (c) the broiled vegetables (d) tofu (e) pasta sauce. Repeat the placing order until the end which will be three times;

9th Step: Cover and cook it for 40-45 minutes. Turn the heat off; Remove the cover and keep the lasagna inside the oven for 5 minutes;

10th Step: Remove from oven; Keep it outside for another 5 minutes to settle before cutting.

Serves 6 persons.

*Please click here to see how to prepare vegetable pasta sauce.

** If you are not vegan, you may use milk instead of soy or rice milk. You may add cheese instead of tofu.

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