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Vegan Yummy Lasagna Vegan Recipe
Ingredients:
12 Lasagna noodles
1 medium eggplant (diced/chopped)
1 medium zucchini(sliced)
3 garlic cloves (minced)
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon italian herbs
3 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 cup dry cooking sherry
Red pepper (sliced small)
8 mushrooms (sliced)
Two 12-ounce cans of Hunts Italian Tomato sauce
1 small can of tomato paste
2 dashes tobasco sauce
1 can (medium) of refried beans
1 cup of salsa
Bunch fresh spinach leaves (chopped) or 1 package of frozen spinach
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Directions:
Heat oil in a stir fry pan, add eggplant, garlic and salt. Stir fry until eggplant is just about tender (not too soft) Note: you may have to add a little water if oil is sucked up by eggplant.
Add zucchini, basil, oregano, italian herbs and stir fry for about 2 minutes more, then add dry sherry, red pepper and mushrooms.
Cook for another 2 minutes, then add tomato sauce, paste and tobasco sauce; cover and simmer for 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, in a small pan heat the refried beans and salsa until warm.
Cook lasagna noodles as per package directions.
When noodles are done, preheat oven for 350 degrees.
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Spread some of the eggplant mixture on the bottom of the lasagna dish, place 4 noodles over this.m
Add one layer of eggplant/zucchni sauce, cover with 4 more noodles; spread refried bean and salsa mixture over noodles, add chopped spinach over mixture and add a small amount of sauce over it.
Place last 4 noodles over spinach and spread the final amounts of sauce over the noodles (cover it).
For the cheese topping:
Chop 2 bunches of cilantro (chinese parsley), sprinkle over last sauce layer of lasagna, then sprinkle some nutrional yeast over the cilantro, and then add Soymage's non-dairy parmesan cheese over all of it and place Vegan Yummy Lasagna in oven and cook for 35 minutes.
Vegetarian Tidbit
The bonus benefit of a vegan diet is the ease of kitchen clean-up after preparing a hearty meal. Unless you are using an excess of cooking oils, plant-based foods are not naturally greasy, the pots and pans will not be greasy, and the kitchen sink will not be greasy.
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