Homemade Vegetarian Lasagna
Ingredients
- 3 small or 1-2 large zucchini (enough for about 25 slices)
- ⅓ onion, chopped
- 14.5 oz diced tomato
- 8 oz tomato sauce
- ½ tsp garlic salt
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 2 TBS fresh basil
- 2 TBS fresh oregano
- 1 TBS fresh thyme
- ½ cup Parmesan
- 10 oz ricotta
- 1 egg
- 8 oz mozzarella
Instructions
- Cut zucchini into ⅛ inch thick strips.
- Lay zucchini out on paper towels and sprinkle with salt. Cover with additional paper towels.
- Put olive oil and chopped onion in a saute pan over medium heat. Saute for about 5 minutes until onions are golden.
- Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic salt and garlic powder.
- Stir everything together and allow to simmer for a few minutes.
- Add fresh herbs when you are done simmering and remove from heat.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a small bowl combine, egg, ricotta and Parmesan
- Spread some sauce on the bottom of your pan.
- Layer 1 layer of zucchini across the sauce.
- Top zucchini with about ⅓ of ricotta mixture.
- Top ricotta with ¼ of mozzarella.
- Top cheese with more sauce and repeat steps 10-13.
- End with zucchini, sauce then mozzarella.
- Cover pan with foil and bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake uncovered for another 15-20 minutes until cheese is golden.
- Remove from oven and let rest for about 5 minutes before eating.