Love your heart this winter with this healthy vegetarian lasagne.
Ingredients
- Olive oil, to grease
- 1 250g pkt large instant lasagne sheets (San Remo brand)
- 1 250g pkt frozen chopped spinach, thawed, undrained
- 1 large (about 350g) orange sweet potato (kumara), peeled, thinly sliced
- 150g low-fat ricotta
- 90g grated light mozzarella
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves, extra
- Crisp lettuce salad, to serve
vegetable sauce
- 80ml (1/3 cup) water
- 1 brown onion, halved, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 400g cans Italian diced tomatoes
- 1 large celery stick, finely diced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 200g button mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh continental parsley
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Step 1To make vegetable sauce, combine water, onion and garlic in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until the onion is soft.
- Step 2Add tomatoes, celery, tomato paste and sugar. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and cook, covered, stirring often, for a further 5 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender. Stir in the parsley. Taste and season with salt and pepper. (You should have about 1.5L/6 cups sauce.)
- Step 3Preheat oven to 190°C. Brush a 6cm-deep, 22 x 28cm ovenproof dish with the oil to lightly grease.
- Step 4Spread just under a third of the vegetable sauce over base of greased dish. Cover with a single layer of lasagne sheets, trimming to fit. Spread spinach over. Top with half the sweet potato. Spoon over 125ml (1/2 cup) of vegetable sauce. Cover with lasagne sheets, then the remaining sweet potato. Spread with remaining vegetable sauce. Cover with lasagne sheets.
- Step 5Combine the ricotta, mozzarella and chopped oregano in a medium bowl, and then spread evenly over the top of the lasagne sheets.
- Step 6Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for a further 15 minutes or until the pasta and sweet potato are tender when tested with a skewer. Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with extra oregano leaves. Serve with the lettuce salad.
- Low fat
- Low kilojoule
- Lower gi
- Vegetarian
Nutrition
1340 kj
Energy
6.5g
Fat Total
9g
Fibre
18g
Protein
46g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
Notes
Prep: 30 mins (+ 10 mins standing time) Serve the lasagne with crusty bread, if you like.
- Author: Amanda Kelly
- Image credit: Chris Chen & John Paul Urizar
- Publication: Australian Good Taste
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