Your Best Vegetable Lasagna Recipe

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Easter is my holiday to host. :slight_smile: :frowning: I don’t really love being an entertainer!

We typically have 2 main dishes. Everyone who comes contributes. Probably around a dozen people are together. For years the two main dishes have been turkey and kraut and sausage (yeah I know, odd combo, but my sis in law insisted on bringing it for years!) . Besides my husband no one is a ham fan so we don’t do ham.

It’s rumored that my sis in law doesn’t want to bring kraut and sausage this year - yeah! But I’m thinking of what I want for a second “main” of sorts. I was thinking a very good, somewhat healthy but also somewhat not healthy veggie lasagna. If I can put it together the day before all the better. Something with lots of flavor. Something with not 100 steps. Is that enough requirements??? :slight_smile:

We will have other sides of course that are veggie related, but I thought this might go over well.

Have a recipe link to offer???

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This looks delicious but may be too fall like??? http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014343-butternut-squash-caramelized-onion-and-spinach-lasagna

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Abasket, does it have to be vegetarian? I have an awesome eggplant lasagna recipe, but it needs ground turkey. Or beef.

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This is my spring asparagus season go-to recipe. If your stores are featuring fresh asparagus now, it’s a great option:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/baked-lasagna-with-asparagus-and-pesto-recipe.html#!

BTW–only make this with fresh pasta. The store bought dried pasta (pastasciutta) does not work well with this recipe. Mario makes this as individual servings, but I have made it in a classic lasagna pan and it works out just fine.

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Well, I’m open. :slight_smile: Yes, I’d love to see that BB!!!

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Here it is - it is a modification of this recipe. Use panko crumbs and Italian spices to make my own Italian crumb mix. Organic pasta sauce instead of Chunky Prego (which is yuck), and ground turkey instead of beef. Other than that, I follow the recipe pretty much. No noodles! :slight_smile: Use the leftover panko crumbs/Parmesan mix to sprinkle the top of the lasagna for a crusty yumm.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/220094/eggplant-lasagna/

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I like a good white lasagna with spinach and mushrooms, and Emeril has one of my favorite ones:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/spinach-mushroom-and-four-cheese-lasagna-recipe.html

I don’t use fontina cheese, though. To me it smells like butt. I use gouda instead.

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Years ago, Gourmet Magazine had a Roasted Asparagus and Goat Cheese Lasagna recipe that was to die for. I believe the recipe is still available on the FoodNetwork Website.

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This is a very basic, tasty vegetable lasagne recipe, from Jane Brody. What I do differently is use all ricotta instead of cottage cheese, and I find it takes more noodles and sauce than the recipe calls for. But I always get asked for the recipe after I serve it to company! http://eatonedgecliff.com/2011/06/01/vegetable-lasagna/

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Thanks so much all ! Will examine these and salivate the whole time I’m sure!!!

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I make vegetable lasagne with parmesan/romano bechamel with nutmeg, spinach, jullienned carrots, fresh mozzarella, ricotta, egg, S&P, etc. I don’t have a recipe .

A whole half poached salmon with cucumber dill sauce or an orange herb butter is a great main dish for Easter.

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I have a great recipe for roasted veggie lasagna. Everyone loves it! I am travelling at the moment but can send you the recipe when I get home on Sunday or Monday if that isn’t too late, @abasket.

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Sure @alwaysmom - I’m not one to make quick decisions!

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I can’t emphasize enough how much that tiny bit of nutmeg adds to a white sauce.

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I love this Black Bean Lasagna recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/87173/black-bean-lasagna/

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This recipe for porcini lasagna from Marcella Hazan is amazingly good. I would second the recommendation above NOT to use dried lasagna noodles.

http://fat-of-the-land.blogspot.com/2013/10/porcini-lasagna-per-marcella.html

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I would like a piece of that NOW!!! ^^^^

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I have made this several times and it is great…also it freezes well so you could prepare ahead. I saw it on America’s Test Kitchen video but after a short period you have to subscribe in order to get the recipe…but I found it here… http://www.careyonlovely.com/2013/02/vegetable-lasagna.html

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http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/asparagus-lasagna-recipe.html

Here’s the recipe for roasted asparagus and goat cheese lasagna that I mentioned in my earlier post. Sooooo good. You can sub half or all the goat cheese with cream cheese if you aren’t a goat cheese fan. A nice recipe for around Easter time.

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I once had a portobello mushroom lasagna. No idea what the recipe was, but didn’t miss the meat. At Williams-Sonoma we learned to make a lasagna with long strips of zucchini for noodles instead of pasta. It was very tasty.

Here’s a version of the pasta-free lasagna. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/172958/no-noodle-zucchini-lasagna/