Recipes My Daughter Likes: Raise the Roof Sweet Potato Lasagna

This recipe is one my daughter found online at the Engine 2 Diet website.  I have made versions of vegetable lasagna and have tasted many other versions, but this one is by far the best that I have ever had. 

My daughter prepared this for us one night, and I must say that it was absolutely fabulous! It is a vegan recipe, so there is no cheese (silken tofu instead). The flavors all blend together superbly.  The dish stacks up very tall, but since there is no cheese, it is wonderfully light.

You can see the original recipe here, and can find many other recipes at the Engine 2 Diet website.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 small head of garlic, all cloves chopped or pressed
• 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
• 1 head broccoli, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 red bell peppers, seeded and chopped
• 1 can corn, rinsed and drained
• 1 package Silken Lite tofu
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 2 jars Engine 2 approved pasta sauce
• 2 boxes whole grain lasagna noodles
• 16 ounces frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 2 sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
• 6 roma tomatoes, sliced thin
• 1 cup raw cashews, ground

PREPARATION:

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.

Sauté the onion and garlic on high heat for 3 minutes in a wok or nonstick pan.

Add the mushrooms and cook until the onions are limp and the mushrooms give up their liquid.

Remove them to a large bowl with a slotted spoon.

Reserve the mushroom liquid in the pan.

Sauté the broccoli and carrots for 5 minutes and add to the mushroom bowl.

Sauté the peppers and corn until just beginning to soften. Add them to the vegetable bowl.

Drain the silken tofu by wrapping in paper towels. Break it up directly in the towel and mix into the

vegetable bowl.

Add spices to the vegetable bowl and combine.

To assemble the vegetable lasagna :

Cover the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch casserole with a layer of sauce.

Add a layer of noodles.

Cover the noodles with sauce. This way the noodles cook in the oven, saving time and energy.

Spread the vegetable mixture over the sauced noodles.

Cover with a layer of noodles and another dressing of sauce.

Add the spinach to the second layer of sauced noodles.

Cover the spinach with the mashed sweet potatoes.

Add another layer of sauce, the final layer of noodles, and a last topping of sauce. Cover the lasagna

with thinly sliced roma tomatoes.

Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 45 minutes.

Remove the foil, sprinkle with the cashews, and return to the oven for 15 minutes. Let lasagna sit for

15 minutes before serving.



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