Vegetable Lasagna

Main Dish

Ingredients

2 Tbsp Olive oil

3 /4 cup Eggplant, peeled and diced, sprinkled with 1 1 /2 tsp salt

3 /4 cup Yellow squash, diced

3 /4 cup Zucchini, diced

1 /2 cup Onion, diced

1 Tbsp Garlic

10 oz package Spinach, fresh, rough chopped

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Black pepper

2 cups Mushroom Béchamel Sauce (see recipe)

2 Eggs

1 15-oz container Ricotta cheese

1 cup Romano cheese, shredded

1 1 /2 tsp Black pepper

1 1 /2 tsp Salt

12 Lasagna sheets, cooked until tender in boiling salted water

1 recipe Tomato Sauce 2

2 cups Mozzarella, shredded

12 slices Tomato, medium size, fresh

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add eggplant and cook for two to three minutes. Add squashes, garlic and onions and cook for eight to 10 minutes more, until the vegetables start to become tender. Add mushroom béchamel, salt and pepper and set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese, Romano cheese, eggs, salt and pepper. Stir well. Ladle 2 cups of tomato sauce into a three-quart baking dish. Place a layer of three pasta sheets on the sauce and top it with half of the ricotta mixture. Spread half of the vegetable mixture onto the ricotta. Lay another layer of pasta and top with two cups of sauce, spreading evenly. Sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce. Repeat these two steps again. Arrange tomato slices on top of final layer.

Cover baking dish tightly first with plastic wrap then foil. Bake one hour, remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Allow lasagna to sit for 20 minutes before serving. Use any remaining sauce to top the lasagna with when plating. Yield: 8-12 servings

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