Ultimate Vegan Lasagna
Vegetarian Times Issue: February 1, 2009 p.54
This recipe eliminates the messy, time-consuming process of preboiling the noodles—use any whole-wheat, brown rice, or regular lasagna noodles right out of the box. They'll cook in the sauce.
Directions
1. To make Filling: Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté onions and garlic in oil 4 to 5 minutes, or until golden. Add spinach, and cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until wilted. Transfer spinach mixture to bowl of food processor. Add tofu, cream cheese, basil, and nutritional yeast, and purée until mixture is thick and smooth. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
2. Spread one-quarter of Speedy Red Sauce recipe on bottom of 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Cover with one-third of noodles (4 or 5 noodles), then half of Filling, and ladle on another one-quarter of sauce. Repeat layer of noodles and remaining Filling. Spread sausage evenly over top, and top with one-quarter of sauce. Finish with final layer of noodles and remaining sauce. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
3. Cover lasagna with foil, and bake 30 minutes, or until bubbling hot. Uncover, and bake 15 to 20 minutes more, or until noodles are tender and topping is melted. Remove from oven, and let stand 10 minutes before serving.
ingredient list
Serves 8
FILLING
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped (2 cups)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced (1 Tbs.)
- 10-oz. bag fresh baby spinach
- 2 12-oz. pkgs. firm tofu, drained
- 1 8-oz. pkg. vegan cream cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
LASAGNA
- 5 1/2 cups Speedy Red Sauce
- 12 uncooked whole-wheat lasagna noodles
- 12 oz. vegan Italian sausage links, cut into thin rounds, or soy sausage crumbles, broken apart
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella flavor rice or soy cheese (3 oz.)
Nutritional Information
Per 2-x-3-inch slice:
| Calories |
508 |
| Protein |
33g |
| Total Fat |
19g |
| Saturated Fat |
3g |
| Carbs |
60g |
| Sodium |
817mg |
| Fiber |
13g |
| Sugar |
10g |
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This is excellent! My mom made it for me for my birthday. I will definitely try this on my own using Daiya vegan cheese - yum! She made it with Follow Your Heart mozzarella, which was still really good. I believe she used Tofurky Italian sausages. My entire meat-eating family enjoyed it.
I think that I am going to make this tonight. It sounds delicious. Thank you for the recipe.
This is HANDS DOWN the best vegan lasagna out there. My husband gets excited everytime I make it. I used Daiya cheese and it was great.
I made this recipie without the cheese, and in place of sausage I used smart crumbles meat. Very delicious :)
Yummy mummy. Not the Ultimate as is, but close. Needs more veggies and reordering of layers. I add a layer of grated carrots, a layer of mushrooms, and sometimes zuchinni. Fresh kale works well instead of spinach. Needs more sauce than the recipe makes. Tofurky Italian sausages are great on top of this, as is Follow your Heart Mozzarella. Make this with the garlic bread in the same issue!
I'm a real lasagna connoisseur, and this is on my top three favorites!
i would like to make this recipe for my gf but i need it to be gluten free can any1 give me any ideas please :) thank you
amazing! I love this recipe which is included in their new cookbook.
My 13 month old is allergic to dairy and egg...not a vegetarian myself I am trying to revise our way of eating. What is the yeast for? Can this be eliminated or substituted?
Making this right now! Preping it was an amazing experience
Try looking in whole foods for brown rice lasagna noodles - tinkyada is the brand - if you can't find them in a store near you, then don't fret - they're are available online.
This recipe is delicious! I didn't use any " meat" and added sautéed zucchini and mushrooms as another layer.