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    Home » Simple Vegetable Lasagna {GF + DF}

    Simple Vegetable Lasagna {GF + DF}

    I have made this Simple Vegetable Lasagna a few times in the last two weeks, trying to perfect it. The first time was overly salty, whoops, plus I didn't have enough sauce to cover the edges, which as anybody who makes lasagna often knows, that means crunchy shell edges, ick! So I made a few adjustments and this vegan lasagna recipe is finally ready to share with y'all! 



    The ricotta "cheese" I use here isn't homemade. Sometimes I like to focus on making dishes using accessible healthy store-bought items. If you are feeling inclined to make your own, I do have a wonderful macadamia nut ricotta cheese recipe. It stores in the fridge nicely for a good week so feel free to make it ahead. 

    Of course, if this was an online culinary school, I'd even be making the noodles myself. But let's face it, we don't always have time for all that and my goal isn't to scare you away, it's to help you ease into a healthier lifestyle. 

    So, even since discovering Kite Hill {Tal Ronnen's publisher set me a copy of his amazing book Crossroads and that's where I discovered his brand}. These plant-based cheese and yogurts are better than any I've ever had. I swear the yogurt tastes like regular yogurt. And in this recipe, the ricotta tastes like traditional ricotta. Their products really are revolutionary (I was not paid to say this, these are 100% my own views). 


    I love this particular marinara. It's a bit sweeter and richer than your typical marinara which goes well in a baked lasagna. There is no sautéing here either, just a quick blender puree. You can feel free to use it on zucchini noodles or over linguini or as a pizza sauce as well. It's very versatile. 



    VEGAN VEGETABLE LASAGNA RECIPE

    makes 9 servings

    Tomato SAUCE INGREDIENTS

    • 1 cup cherry tomatoes {or chopped large tomatoes of choice}

    • 4 dates

    • 2 Tbls olive oil

    • ¾ teaspoon sea salt

    • ¼ cup sun dried tomatoes 

    • 3 cloves garlic, chopped

    • ¼ cup miso {sweet or white}

    • ½ cup of raw cashews

    • ⅓ cup water

    • ¼ tomato paste

    SAUCE DIRECTIONS

    In a high speed blender, you'll want to blend up everything until smooth. A few chunks are fine, I like some texture, but be sure the wet stuff if thoroughly blended up. No sautéing or cooking is necessary!

    LASAGNA INGREDIENTS

    • 1 box gluten free lasagna noodles

    • 2 medium sized zucchini, chopped into pieces or long julienne style slices

    • 2 cups lightly packed spinach leaves

    • 1 ½ containers Kite Hill store-bought ricotta or homemade macadamia nut ricotta

    • Vegan parmesan cheese

    • Basil for garnish

    • sea salt, for sprinkling each pasta layer


    LASAGNA DIRECTIONS

    1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. 

    2. Boil water in a medium sized pot. Once boiling add the lasagna rice noodles. Cook for about 5 minutes until they are soft, al dente style (not overly cooked).

    3. In an 8x12 baking dish, you'll start by pouring enough sauce to barely cover the bottom of the dish. 

    4. Layer slices of zucchini or sprinkles chopped pieces if you chose to chop the zucchini

    5. Layer the gluten free noodles next until zucchini is covered. 

    6. Spread some ricotta "cheese" onto the noodles and sprinkle with sea salt. 

    7. Pour tomato sauce to cover the noodles. 

    8. Layer or sprinkle more zucchini and then add the spinach leaves. 

    9. Cover that with pasta noodles and sprinkle with sea salt. 

    10. Cover with sauce. 


    ....keep repeating this process until everything is gone. Note: remember the first mistake I made when making this: I didn't cover the edges really well with the sauce, so they were tough and/or crunchy. Be sure ALL pasta is covered in either cheese or sauce or both. 

    11. Sprinkle final layer of tomato sauce with vegan parmesan cheese before baking.

    12. Bake COVERED with tinfoil for 45-50 minutes. Remove tinfoil, bake another 5 or so minutes until top is browned.


    These store well in an airtight container. Keep refrigerated. Reheat the next day for epic leftovers. Check out the Instagram shot of my leftovers. 

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    1. valentina | sweet kabocha

      January 13, 2016 at 7:44 pm

      My goodness, seems to dye for!

      Reply
      • Juli Novotny

        January 13, 2016 at 9:02 pm

        thanks valentina! 😉

        Reply
    2. chloe marty

      January 15, 2016 at 2:23 am

      Can't wait to try this!!! I love how easy it is. And Kite Hill's stuff is amazing! It is hit or miss at Whole Foods though - we had it in Colorado but I don't see it at the Whole Foods I go to in AZ.

      Reply
      • Juli

        January 20, 2016 at 12:13 am

        chloe, you're in AZ now? what? yes, LOVE KITE HILL. it's like you can't really top it. hugs!

        Juli

        Reply
    3. chloe marty

      January 21, 2016 at 2:14 am

      Juli! I found the Kite Hill stuff here in AZ! I made this tonight. My noodles had a hard time getting all the way soft - maybe I need to add more water to my sauce? It was really thick. Might not had enough moisture to cook the noodles. It tasted AMAZING regardless. Next time I might even just use mandolined zucchini instead of noodles.

      Yes, in AZ currently. But going back and forth between CO and AZ!

      Reply
      • Juli

        January 21, 2016 at 11:15 pm

        Yes the veggies should help with the moisture too. And yes water would do the trick. My noodles only do that when they are exposed. So you have to be sure to cover each inch. Mine definitely were soft. Cooking it a tad longer might help too? Darn. I'm glad you liked the flavors though. 😉

        Reply
    4. Alex

      January 31, 2016 at 9:27 am

      I ended up making just the tomato sauce (minus the tomato paste) and putting it on a GF spaghetti/zucchini noodle dish and it was AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing Juli 🙂

      Reply
      • Juli Novotny

        February 02, 2016 at 5:13 pm

        oh wow, thanks for commenting.
        i do love this sauce.
        it's not traditional at all but def hits the tomato pasta sauce spot 😉

        thanks again for your feedback.

        -- Juli

        Reply

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