Although I am giving a recipe for a lasagna, this should be used as a general guide. Make it your own. Use the tips I give in this video as a way to make your lasagna and other casserole like dishes a hit and it coming out perfectly well. The ricotta recipe can be used for lasagna, manicotti, ravioli, and anything else you would want to use ricotta for.

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Tip and technique - lasagna and other casserole like dishes

Course

dinner, Main Dish

Cuisine

comfort food, Italian

Servings

Ingredients

Lasanga

• eggplant grilled, fried, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste
• zucchini grilled, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste
• yellow squash grilled, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste
• mushrooms Any kind, mix up varieties if you want - grilled, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste
• 2-3 jars tomato sauce Or use fresh. If you use jarred add fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, and fresh tomatoes to make it your own
• 1 recipe vegan ricotta
• 1 recipe lasanga meat
• 2 boxes lasanga pasta sheets optional (really!)
• 1 recipe lasanga meat
• 2 bags vegan cheeese I like Daiya

Vegan ricotta

• 2 packages firm silken tofu
• 1 each fresh lemon juice j
• 2 tablespoons basil leaves julianed
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley minced
• 1 scoup nutritional yeast flakes

lasanga meat

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• mushroom stems
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed optional
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed optional
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 cups tvp
• 1/4 cup quinoa
• 1 package vegetable stock
• taste black pepper
• taste sea salt
• taste grains of paradise
• taste red pepper flakes

Course dinner, Main Dish Cuisine comfort food, Italian Servings Ingredients Lasanga eggplant grilled, fried, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste zucchini grilled, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste yellow squash grilled, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste mushrooms Any kind, mix up varieties if you want - grilled, raw, baked, roasted salt,pepper to taste 2-3 jars tomato sauce Or use fresh. If you use jarred add fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, and fresh tomatoes to make it your own 1 recipe vegan ricotta 1 recipe lasanga meat 2 boxes lasanga pasta sheets optional (really!) 1 recipe lasanga meat 2 bags vegan cheeese I like Daiya Vegan ricotta 2 packages firm silken tofu 1 each fresh lemon juice j 2 tablespoons basil leaves julianed 1 tablespoon fresh parsley minced 1 scoup nutritional yeast flakes lasanga meat 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil mushroom stems 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1/2 red onion 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed optional 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed optional 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 cups tvp 1/4 cup quinoa 1 package vegetable stock taste black pepper taste sea salt taste grains of paradise taste red pepper flakes

Instructions

Make lasanga

1. *tip Whenever you are making lasagna or manocoti, or any casserole always place a couple scoops of sauce on the bottom of the pan before any other ingredient. This will keep it from sticking and burning on the bottom.
2. Layer the ingredients in a 13x10 baking pan as desired. Top with cheese, parsley, basil and yeast flakes if desired. Cover with plastic wrap and foil and bake at 350 for an hour.

vegan ricotta

1. Mash tofu with potato masher so it is consistency of cottage cheese. Add remaining ingredients and stir.

lasanga meat

1. (Optional) Heat pot with olive oil, add garlic, onion, pepper, and mushroom stems. Cook for a few minutes, add salt and cook a few more minutes, then add cold water and simmer for 20 minutes. Strain and cool.
2. Heat pot and add oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, pepper, grains of paradise, cumin, and fennel. Sautee for a few minutes to let spices blossom. Add tvp and quinoa and cook another few minutes. Add vegetable stock, mushroom stock, and soy sauce and simmer until done. Let cool before assembly.

Recipe Notes

Alessi - Fine Mediterranean Sea Salt
Grains of Paradise
Quinoa
Nutritional Yeast Flakes
TVP