Recipe: Vegetable Lasagna

After 4 straight nights of awesomely awesome Christmas dinners, I decided to cook for my family. I made this veggie lasagna that was emailed to me from StartMakingChoices.com (not even sure how I got on the email list, but the recipe sure looked good!). Take note at the bottom- I'll offer my modifications, as usual.

Vegetable Lasagna Hands On: 30 minutes Total: 1 hour 25 minutes Makes: 6 servings (1 piece each)

Ingredients
	PAM Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
2	medium zucchini, quartered lengthwise, sliced
1	small onion, chopped
4	ounces sliced fresh mushrooms (4 oz = 1-1/4 cups)
2	cloves garlic, minced
1	pkg (15 oz each) part-skim ricotta cheese
2	tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1	can (26.5 oz each) Hunt's Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
8	dry no-boil flat lasagna noodles, uncooked
1/3	cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 8x8-inch baking dish with cooking spray; set aside. Spray large skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Add zucchini, onion, mushrooms and garlic; cook 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Set aside. Combine ricotta cheese and parsley in small bowl; set aside. Spread about 1/2 cup of the spaghetti sauce evenly onto bottom of prepared dish; top with 2 of the noodles. Cover with layers of 1/4 of the remaining sauce, 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture and 1/3 of the vegetables. Repeat layers 2 more times, beginning with noodles and ending with vegetables. Top with remaining 2 noodles and remaining sauce; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover with aluminum foil sprayed lightly with cooking spray, sprayed-side down. Bake 30 minutes. Remove foil; bake an additional 15 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

Cook's Tips

For a chunkier sauce, add one 14.5-ounce can Hunt's Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano, drained, to the spaghetti sauce.

Purple's Notes: This recipe calls for A LOT of tomato sauce, and my assumption is that it's to soften the no-boil lasagna noodles. I used only half the jar of tomato sauce and the recipe turned out great! So use your judgment based on how "saucy" you like your lasagna!