📖 Mediterranean Lasagna
This easy mediterranean lasagna is packed with roasted vegetables & is a great vegetarian dinner for meatless Monday!The perfect comfort food!
Prep Time40 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean
Servings: 6 portions
Calories: 7521kcal
For the roasted vegetables
- 227 g mushrooms
- 2 zucchinis
- 2 peppers
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon herbes de provence optional
For the tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 740 ml tomato sauce 2 cans
- 1 cup spinach washed, chopped
Other
- 360g Fresh lasagna sheets 1 packet
- 475g Ricotta cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
For the roasted vegetables
Preheat the oven to 425F.
Wash and chop all the vegetables.
On a lined baking sheet, put your zucchinis, bell peppers and mushrooms. Add salt, herbs and olive oil, toss well.
Cook in the oven for 10 minutes, toss and another 10 minutes.
For the tomato sauce
In a hot pan over medium heat, sauté the onion and garlic with olive oil for 3 or 4 minutes or until translucent.
Add the tomato sauce and stir gently. Let it simmer for 10 to 15 minutes and add the spinach. Stir well.
Assembling
In a baking dish, place the lasagna sheets, then put some tomato sauce over (about 2 generous ladle) and top up with some roasted vegetables and add ricotta cheese (3 generous tablespoons).
Repeat in this order until you have use it all up (3 layers).
Cover with the shredded mozzarella.
Bake for 30 minutes at 400F or until the pasta are tender (put a knife through your lasagna).
- Make ahead and store it in the fridge over night.Â
- Make ahead and freeze it! Add 30 minutes to the cooking time if you don't thaw it out.
- Add other vegetables such as artichokes hearts, eggplants to your roasting tray!
- Don't skip the step of roasting the vegetables!
Calories: 7521kcal | Carbohydrates: 1396g | Protein: 302g | Fat: 73g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 25g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 1895mg | Sodium: 1457mg | Potassium: 5410mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 2963IU | Vitamin C: 57mg | Calcium: 682mg | Iron: 87mg