Vegetable Lasagna

Vegetable Lasagna 

Vegetable lasagna is one of my favorite dishes. The first time I made it was from a recipe in one of my many cookbooks, but it was a little to heavy for me.  I lightened up the recipe by using milk instead of cream and less ricotta cheese. This is the final result.

Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter4 tablespoons flour4 cups milk2 teaspoons salt1 teaspoon pepper
2 pounds ricotta cheese20 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed8 ounces shredded carrots12 lasagna noodles 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese1 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions

In a large saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter.  Add flour and stir with a wisk until butter and flour are completely blended and smooth.  Cook for 1 minute.  Add milk, salt and pepper.  Stir with wisk until flour mixture is completely blended.  Reduced heat to medium low and cook for 5 minutes.  Sauce should start to thicken. 

Squeeze water out of spinach.

Place ricotta cheese in a bowl. Add spinach and mix well.

Spread 3/4 cup of sauce in the bottom of a 13 x 9 baking dish.  Spread sauce so it covers the bottom of the pan.

Cook lasagna noodles, according to package directions minus 2 minutes.

Place 4 lasagna noodles in bottom of 13 x 9 pan.  Cover with 1/3 of the sauce.  Spread ½ of ricotta cheese mixture over noodles.  Sprinkle 1/2 shredded carrots over ricotta. Sprinkle with ½ cup mozzarella and ¼ cup parmesan.

Place 4 lasagna noodles on top of cheese.  Cover with 1/3 of the sauce. Spread remaining ricotta cheese mixture over noodles.  Sprinkle remaining carrots over ricotta. Sprinkle with ½ cup mozzarella and ¼ cup parmesan.

Place 4 lasagna noodles on top of cheese.  Cover with remaining sauce.  Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella and ½ cup parmesan on top.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.  Let stand for at least 30 minutes before cutting it into squares.

Nutrition FactsServings: 12Amount per serving	 Calories	451% Daily Value*Total Fat 17.5g	22%Saturated Fat 10.2g	51%Cholesterol 55mg	18%Sodium 734mg	32%Total Carbohydrate 50.7g	18%Dietary Fiber 3.6g	13%Total Sugars 6g	 Protein 24.1g	 Vitamin D 4mcg	22%Calcium 442mg	34%Iron 4mg	20%Potassium 472mg	10%*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie a day is used for general nutrition advice.