An Easy Vegetarian Lasagna Recipe

Have you recently become a vegetarian? Have you found that you are limited to eating only a few recipes compared to what you used to when you did eat meat? Don't be dismayed because there are a few vegetarian dishes that you can enjoy and they can even be as delicious as Italian pasta. Try out this vegetarian lasagna recipe and satisfy your palate today.

Step 1

First thing you need to do is prepare all the ingredients for this vegetarian lasagna recipe. It's not that difficult; all you need is an eggplant, some frozen spinach, lasagna noodles, a pack of low-fat cheese, a jar of meatless sauce, a pack of mozzarella, some salt and pepper, tomatoes, and parsley flakes. Keep in mind that the cheese you have to use must be healthy. You can find all of these ingredients in a supermarket.

Step 2

Let's start with the frozen spinach and start defrosting it. Spinach needs to be a little dry so make sure that you get rid of all the water that you can. You can get a little help by using a dry and clean cloth or use some other utensils such as a colander.

Step 3

The eggplant that you bought is whole so you will have to slice it into thin pieces. These pieces should be thin but thick enough that they can be cooked easy. Lay the pieces on a piece of cloth so that you can salt them. Then put another cloth on top of the first one to salt some of the remaining pieces that you might have left.

Step 4

All lasagna, even a vegetarian lasagna recipe like this, is dependent on how it's cooked. For the noodles, place them in a pan and place that pan on top of a cookie sheet that is heated on an oven. This will help evenly distribute the heat and the lasagna noodles will be cooked in about one or two hours or when you find they are tender. To save time, you can work on the spinach and cottage cheese mix and add a little salt and pepper for flavor.

Step 5

This is probably the most difficult part in cooking your vegetarian lasagna recipe. You will need a casserole pan that has sauce spread out evenly inside it. Then add a layer of the lasagna noodles that you just cooked with another layer of eggplant, some sauce, cottage cheese, the mix of spinach that you made, and then top it off with one more layer of lasagna noodles. Do this again until you are satisfied with the thickness of your lasagna.

Step 6

Now here's the easy part. Add the final layer to your dish which will consist of mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, and sliced tomatoes. Then use some parsley flakes.

The last step is to bake the dish at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes to an hour. When the eggplant changes its color to something brownish and it starts to get soft, then the dish is ready to be served. This is the simplest and tastiest vegetarian lasagna recipe you can sink your teeth into.