Whole Wheat Vegetarian Lasagna
 
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A healthy twist on lasagna. Full of robustly flavored veggies and sandwiched between layers of whole wheat lasagna. This lasagna beats out it's heavier counterparts by far!
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Recipe type: Pasta
Serves: 10-12
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ onion chopped
  • 3 carrots, halved and cut about ⅛ inch thick
  • 2 zucchinis, quartered and cut about ¼ inch thick
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 jar spaghetti sauce (24 oz.)
  • 9 gluten free lasagna noodles
  • 2 cups cottage cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • 2 tablespoons dried or fresh parsley
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese, plus more for sprinkling
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 2-4 cups mozzarella cheese (depending on your ooey gooey preference!)
Directions
  1. Prep veggies and set aside. Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large saucepan.
  2. Add onions and carrots to sauce pan and cook for 5-6 minutes. Add zucchini and cook 2 minutes more. Add mushrooms and garlic and cook 3 minutes more. (Salt and pepper vegetables with each addition)
  3. Add in spaghetti sauce. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, begin cooking your noodles according to package directions. (I always cook whole wheat lasagna noodles 2 minutes longer than suggested for tenderness)
  4. In a mixing bowl combine cottage cheese, eggs, sugar, parsley, basil, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Whisk all together.
  5. Drain noodles and set aside.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and begin assembling lasagna. Layers are as follows: Put a very thin layer of sauce at bottom to prevent sticking, 3 noodles, ½ cottage cheese mixture, ½ mozzarella, 3 noodles, ½ spaghetti sauce mixture, last ½ cottage cheese mixture (okay if it mixes into sauce as you spread over), last ½ of mozzarella, 3 noodles and last ½ of sauce to cover all noodles. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  7. Bake covered with foil for 35 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let sit for 10 minutes. Enjoy!
Recipe by Breezy Bakes at https://www.breezybakes.com/vegetarian-lasagna/