The roomie said she wanted veggies this week, so here we go! Tonight I'm making Roasted Vegetable Lasagne that I pulled off a Weight Watchers website a few years ago. Here's the recipe with my modifications:
Ingredients:
2 medium raw eggplant, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3 medium sweet red peppers, chopped
2 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (Not included in original recipe - replaced a 3rd eggplant with this to make it more colorful)
4 small tomatoes, seeded and chopped
4 medium garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
1/4 black pepper
9 dry lasagne noodles (I'm using the no boil kind)
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 cups part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (The recipe calls for 3/4 a cup... but really?)
Directions:
1) Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
2) Combine the veggies, garlic and olive oil in a roasting pan and bake for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. I had to use two pans because there are so many veggies!
3) Place half of the veggies, salt, pepper and 1/2 c of water in a food processor and process until smooth. Since I only have a mini food processor, I had to break this down into smaller batches.
4) Spoon 1/2 a cup vegetable puree into bottom o f 9x13 inch baking dish. I'm going to use a 9x9 dish and a bread pan. We'll eat the 9x9 this week and throw the bread pan in the freezer to eat at a later date.
5) Place 3 noodles over the puree. Top with 1/2 a cup of puree, 1/2 a cup of remaining vegetables, 2 tbsp Parmesan, and 2/3 c mozzarella cheese (original only calls for 1/4 c if you're looking to be more healthy). Repeat layers and then top with remaining 3 noodles, puree and cheese.
6) Bake until bubbly, about 45 minutes. Serve!
Cost:
Eggplant - $3.80
Red Bell Peppers - $5.51
Zucchini - $2.27
Tomatoes - $4.72 (but I only used 4 of the 5)
Shredded Mozzarella - $2.29
We already had the garlic, olive oil, spices and lasagne noodles at home and I used some leftover Romano cheese instead of Parmesan... so it was a grand total of $18.59. I've got 3 meals for me and the roomie and an extra tomato. Woo hoo!
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