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Vegan Lasagna

Vegan Lasagna

A lentil-based lasagna with cashew and tofu based cheeses
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6

Equipment

  • oven
  • pot with lid
  • 9x13" baking dish
  • medium bowl
  • blender or food processor

Ingredients
  

Lentils

  • 1 cup dried brown lentils soaked overnight in the stock (water/better than bouillon)
  • 3 cups water
  • 3 tsp no beef better than bouillon

Cashew Cheese

  • 1 cup cashews soaked for 0-24 hours
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed, more to taste
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt more to taste
  • 1/2 tsp pepper

Tofu Ricotta

  • 1 package extra firm tofu drained
  • 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 tsp garlic
  • 1 tsp salt

Lasagna

  • 12 lasanga noodles whole grain preferred
  • 1 1/2 cup spinach
  • 2 carrots sliced into rounds
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 1 handful mushrooms chopped
  • 1 jar marinara sauce

Instructions
 

Lentils

  • Soak lentils overnight in stock made from water + no beef better than bouillon.
  • In a pot with a lid, on medium heat, dry-fry onions and mushrooms until brown.
  • Deglaze with the soaked lentils. Bring to a boil, then simmer on low for 15-20 minutes until lentils are soft. After 10 minutes in, add the carrots.
  • Drain and mix in 1/2 jar of marinara sauce. Set aside.

Cashew Cheese

  • Soak cashews in water, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, pepper for 0-24 hours.
  • Dump soaked cashews with liquid into a blender or food processor. Add nutritional yeast, and blend until smooth.
  • Adjust salt / lemon to taste. Set aside.

Tofu Ricotta

  • In a medium bowl, crumble drained tofu, add nutritional yeast, salt, garlic powder. Mix together with hands until it looks like ricotta.

Lasagna

  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Line the bottom of a 9x13" baking dish with ~4 noodles and cover with marinara sauce. Layer half the ricotta, half the lentils, half the spinach, more sauce, then noodles, and repeat. On the last layer of noodles, add more sauce, followed by the cashew cheese.
  • Cover with foil and baked for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 10. Optionally broil for 2 minutes to brown the top a little.
Keyword dinner, leftovers