Ingredients
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Butternut Squash Filling:
- 2 cups butternut squash puree (about half of squash)
- 1/2 cup almond milk or more, if needed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt plus
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tbsp vegan butter
- 7 sage leaves
Spinach Filling:
- 8 oz spinach (1 cup cooked spinach)
- 15 oz of ricotta cheese or vegan cheese
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- pepper to taste
Other Ingredients:
- 10 oz lasagna noodles no cook or pre cooked
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese or vegan mozzarella
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese or vegan parmesan on top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F
Butternut Squash Filling:
- In a pan over medium heat add the butter and sage leaves. Allow to foam and cook the sage leaves. (3 mins) Set aside to cool slightly.
- For this filling, microwave frozen butternut squash until soft.
- Place in a high powder blender with the remaining ingredients. Add more almond milk if needed to achieve a sauce consistency. Mix very well, taste and add more salt, if needed.
Spinach Filling:
- In the same pan you used for sage add the spinach and a drizzle of olive oil. Cook until softened, 2-3 mins, set aside to cool slightly.
- Combine spinach, Ricotta cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix, taste, and add more salt and pepper, if needed.
How to assemble vegetarian lasagna:
- Prepare a baking dish – I used a casserole dish 9 inches x 8.5 inches x 3 inches deep. Grease the lasagna dish lightly with olive oil spray. Spread ⅓ of butternut squash filling on the bottom of the dish. Sprinkle lightly with mozzarella cheese. Top with lasagna noodles without overlapping if you can.
- Spread half of spinach filling over the noodles. Top lightly with Mozzarella cheese. Top with lasagna noodles.
- Spread another layer (⅓) of butternut squash mixture, then sprinkle lightly with Mozzarella cheese. Top with cooked noodles.
- Spread the remaining half of spinach filling over the noodles. Top lightly with Mozzarella cheese. Top with the final layer of cooked noodles.
- Spread a generous amount of butternut squash filling (the remaining ⅓) over this final layer of noodles, sprinkle with grated Parmesan and remaining mozzarella cheese (about ½ cup of mozzarella).
- Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 30 min. Remove foil and bake additional 10 minutes to get that crispy top. Serve hot.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins