Vegetarian Potato Lasagna
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 cups water, salted
- 3 cups Baby Spinach, washed (5 1/4 ounce bag)
- 2 cups low-fat ricotta cheese (15 ounce container)
- 1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated, divided
- 2 lbs russet potatoes, peeled and cut into rectangular blocks (2 large)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cups marinara sauce, homemade or 2 cups marinara sauce, purchased
- salt and pepper, to taste
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 Fahrenheit.
- In medium saucepan bring salted water to boil. Add spinach and cook 1 minute. Drain and rinse under cold running water. Squeeze out excess, chop, and stir into ricotta.
- Add parsley, lemon zest and 1 tablespoon of parmesan into cheese mixture. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- With mandoline or sharp knife, cut potatoes lengthwise into 1/4 inch thick slices. In a large pot of salted water boil potato sheets until they begin to soften but before they become too soft to handle, about 5 minutes.
- Rub butter on bottom of 8x10 inch glass baking dish. Add layer of potatoes, trimming slices to fit if necessary.
- Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper, spread on a thin layer of marinara, then spread on half the ricotta cheese mixture.
- Repeat layers, ending with potatoes and a thin, final layer of marinara, sprinkled with remaining parmesan.
- Bake uncovered for 20 minutes, then cover with aluminum foil and bake until potatoes are cooked through, about 10-20 minutes more. Let rest for 10 minutes before carving into slices.
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A delicious recipe which I knew I’d love from a simple scan of the ingredients, so because I was aiming to put some of this in the freezer, I tripled the recipe. I used 4 packets of frozen spinach – thawed overnight and thoroughly squeeze-dried. A dish cannot have too much spinach in it for me; I also added a couple of handfuls of baby spinach leaves which were just a bit too limp for sandwiches and salads, but fine for cooking. I added ½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg to the cheese mixture. The only other changes I made were to sauté two finely chopped onions and 6 cloves of garlic and add those to the tomatoes. I used Evelyn's Fried Red Tomatoes Recipe #121041 as the sauce. I agree with Bunny’s Mom that this recipe makes more like 6 generous servings rather than 4 (I had 18 serves rather than 12). Thank you, Kumquat the Cat’s friend, for a fabulous and versatile recipe I know I’ll be making again.
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New York City, 72
<p>Clockwise from upper left, my dear friends Cranberry, Quincy, Kumquat and Kiwi. All of our cats were born in the wild and adopted by us. Zaar Chefs I have met so far: Elmotoo, justcallmeToni, ~Rita~, Midwest Maven, Bird&Buddha (both of them) and most recently, Ms*Bindy from upstate New York:) Wonderful, sweet, friendly people and great chefs! Most relevant thing to mention here is that I am a vegetarian, and recently became a vegan (almost 100%). To put vegetables and other things not meat or fish on the table I work as an actuary (in my case anyway, a combination of statistician, number-cruncher and/or programmer). For fun I like to travel. Just came back from Namibia, a peaceful democracy in Africa with lots of animals! Got some terrific pictures of lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinocerous, hyenas, all kinds of antelopes, giraffes and zebras. Namibia is the second most sparsely populated country per square mile, just behind Mongolia. Update: We went to Italy this Spring. We had lots of pizza and pasta. The pizza is so much better in Italy, particularly the crust. The Amalfi coast was absolutely beautiful. Spectacular natural scenery (Canada and Alaska are really beautiful, Patagonia in Chile is sublime, Iceland is unique) has been my latest passion as far as travel destinations but I have seen quite a few big cities too (Paris, Berlin, London and Madrid to name a few). On my bulletin board at work I keep a list of every country I've visited (other than the U.S. of course). So far I've made it to five continents: Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and North America of course. I've got only two other continents to conquer:) I don't usually have difficulty finding vegetarian dishes here in the U.S. or overseas, but finding vegan dishes is much harder. I have no kids, just cats, Kumquat, Cranberry, and more recently Quincy and Kiwi. They are purebreds, of the breed alley caticus (okay, American shorthair I guess). Our cats are not vegetarians, though my boyfriend (significant other, long-term partner, whatever) is. I am a friend of all animals both tamed and wild. In addition I am a freethinker and my boyfriend studies philosophy. Either way, we get along pretty well. Also, please allow me to say that my BF and I recently bought a condominium in NYC.:) Pet peeve? Okay, I don't like public scenes, especially parents yelling at their children, lovers' spats, etc. If it must be done please do it in private:D Participation & Awards:</p>