Debbie’s Vegetable Lasagna

Description

Delicious vegetable lasagna with a white creamy sauce. A family favorite!

Ingredients

  • 9 lasagna noodles
  • ¼ cup margarine
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable broth, or as needed
  • 2 tablespoons white wine
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup light ricotta cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cups coarsely shredded carrots
  • 2 cups coarsely chopped zucchini
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in the boiling water
  2. stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite
  3. about 8 minutes. Drain.
  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  5. Melt margarine in a skillet over low heat; cook and stir flour
  6. salt
  7. and pepper into the melted margarine until smooth and bubbling
  8. 2 to 3 minutes. Add milk and broth into flour mixture
  9. stirring constantly; bring sauce to a boil. Stir wine into sauce and remove from heat. Stir Parmesan cheese into sauce until smooth.
  10. Whisk ricotta cheese
  11. egg
  12. and egg white together in a bowl.
  13. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; saute carrots
  14. zucchini
  15. and spinach until just becoming tender
  16. 5 to 10 minutes. Stir vegetable mixture into ricotta mixture.
  17. Layer 1/3 the lasagna noodles
  18. 1/3 the ricotta-vegetable mixture
  19. and 1/3 the Parmesan sauce in a 9×13-inch baking dish; repeat layering 2 more times with remaining ingredients
  20. ending with a layer of mozzarella cheese.
  21. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is lightly browned and bubbling
  22. about 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 8

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