Roasted Vegetable Lasagna

Though I am now not a vegan, many of my foremost meals are free of dairy. I do but have a weakness for cheese and now and again I will indulge. I will also admit a weak spot for lasagna on uncommon occasions ? The event this time become a want to satisfy an urge after receiving a cookbook for possible evaluation.

This delightfully cheesy Provençal roasted vegetable lasagna is adapted from Cooking Inspired by Estee Kafra. After leafing through a copy of her book, I was immediately seduced by the beautiful photos throughout. When I got to the lasagnas in the book, I was sold on the idea of a cheesy meal. Craving comfort food, I had a difficult time deciding which one I wanted to try first, but I went with this one because of the number of vegetables included and I happen to adore ricotta and goat cheese. The result was a very lush lasagna with complex and competing flavors.

Ms. Kafra's e book is all about "bringing creativity and passion back into the kitchen". All of the recipes are kosher friendly, and selected from KosherScoop.Com. There are many gluten-unfastened recipes and ones for Passover too that are without problems recognized. Over two hundred recipes are fantastically presented, whole with snap shots, maximum of which might be taken via the writer. You absolutely don't have to be Jewish to revel in this book. Alas, it is not vegetarian, but there are plenty of offerings for vegetarians and some that vegans could revel in too. It is a refreshing innovative adventure illustrating the relationship among the senses, pals and own family, healthy residing and unique activities to food. Certainly I changed into stimulated to get innovative in my personal kitchen.

As constantly, the opinions expressed right here about this ebook are my own.

Notes: I made my own tomato sauce for this lasagna as I figured that if I was going to treat myself, the experience could only be enhanced with a homemade sauce. The original recipe called for the inclusion of 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes to be stirred into the roasted vegetables with the olives and capers. Instead, I made a Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce. This time, I changed my sauce a bit. I used a small shallot instead of a large onion, I added about 6 fresh mushrooms, adding them to the pan after sautéing the shallot, ginger and carrot, and omitted the chili flakes and used 1/2 teaspoon each of basil, thyme and oregano instead. I still included a jalapeño for a bit of heat.

More lasagna recipes you're sure to revel in from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:

Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna

Asparagus Pesto Lasagna with Mushrooms

Ricotta Pesto and Mushroom Lasagna

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