Three Cheese Zucchini Eggplant Lasagna Gf Food

EGGPLANT ZUCCHINI LASAGNA

Steps:

• Get out and measure your ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 400° and line a cookie sheet with tinfoil, then spray with nonstick cookie spray.
• Slice the eggplant into 1/4 inch round slices. Sprinkle with salt and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Use a paper towel and pat dry. Brush lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with pepper.
• Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, flip and bake for 10 more minutes.
• Slice the zucchini and place on a tinfoil lined pan and place in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes.
• While the eggplant is baking, cook the sausage in a large skillet, till no longer pink.
• In a small bowl, combine the ricotta cheese and prepared pesto. In a separate bowl, combine the marinara sauce, garlic powder, oregano, rosemary, and thyme.
• Spray a 9x13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray and place a layer of eggplant across the bottom of your pan.
• Add zucchini slices on top.
• Place spoonfuls of the ricotta cheese around, reserving half for a second layer.
• Spoon half the sausage over the eggplant.
• Pour half the marinara over the top , and sprinkle with half the cheese.
• Repeat layers ending with the cheese. Spread the panko over the cheese.
• Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes, till golden and bubbly. Allow to rest for at least 20 minutes before slicing and serving.
• Serve while hot.
• Enjoy every bite!

GLUTEN FREE VEGAN ZUCCHINI EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Prepare Vegan ricotta: In a food processor or industrial blender, combine the cashews, oil, and garlic. Pulse until finely chopped. Add the tofu, and a pinch of salt. Pulse until finely chopped and resembling the texture of ricotta, add soymilk as needed to thin the mixture out. Add the basil and pulse just until chopped into the mixture.
• Set Vegan ricotta and set aside.
• Slice zucchini and eggplant into thin, horizontal planks preferably with a mandolin. Place zucchini in a colander and salt. Allow to sit for 30-60 minutes to extract extra moisture. Drain and pat dry with a towel. Bake or sautée slices for a few minutes on each side to ensure all excess moisture is removed (I cooked slices in a non-stick pan for 2-3 minutes on each side). Put aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in a pan on medium to medium-high heat. Add carrot sticks and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add sliced baby bella mushroom and onion cook for an additional 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 2 additional minutes. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Remove from heat.
• Put a thin layer of tomato sauce in the bottom of a large baking dish. Place zucchini planks over sauce to cover the bottom of the dish.
• Add 1/2 the ricotta mixture, spreading it evenly over the zucchini. Then add 1/2 the mushroom mixture, spreading it over the ricotta. Add another thin layer of sauce. Repeat with zucchini, ricotta and mushroom mixture. Add a last layer of zucchini and cover in sauce. If you like, add a layer of vegan cheese .
• Cover the pan with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Remove the foil and cook for an additional 15 minutes. Remove lasagna from the oven and allow to sit for approximately 15 minutes before serving.

THREE CHEESE ZUCCHINI EGGPLANT LASAGNA {GF}

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• To create bread crumbs, add three slices of gluten-free bread to baking sheet and bake approx 10 minutes or until well toasted, remove and allow to cool completely. Once cooled, use hands to break and crumble bread creating small crumbs. While bread is still on baking sheet, add dried parsley, basil, garlic powder, onion powder and thyme, toss and mix until well blended, set aside.
• Meanwhile, spray two large baking sheets with coconut oil cooking spray, and lay out eggplant, zucchini, and sweet potato slices in single layer, slightly overlapping if needed. Sprinkle all with salt and pepper and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until tender.
• While the sliced veggies bake, add diced onion and garlic to medium pan on stove, cooking over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until onions become translucent. Add the diced tomatoes and cook another 3-4 minutes.
• Stir in 1 tbsp dried parsley, 1 tbsp dried basil, and coconut sugar and cook another 1-2 minutes.
• Remove onion and tomato mixture from heat, then stir in Parmesan cheese.
• Prepare 9x13 baking dish with coconut oil cooking spray, then line bottom of dish with cooked eggplant, top with 1/3 tomato mixture, 1/3 mozzarella cheese, and 1 ounce aged cheddar. Then layer zucchini and repeat process - 1/3 tomato mixture, 1/3 mozzarella cheese, and 1 ounce aged cheddar. Finally layer sweet potatoes, and repeat process one more time using the last 1/3 tomato mixture, 1/3 mozzarella cheese, and 1 ounce aged cheddar. Top with bread crumbs and bake for 15 minutes. Top with chopped fresh basil and serve hot.

CHEESY EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Lightly mist a 13x9" baking dish with olive oil spray & set aside.
• Lightly mist the eggplant with olive oil spray. Place on a nonstick baking sheet. Sprinkle both sides with garlic salt. Broil 6" from the heat source for 3-5 minutes per side, or until tender & browned in spots.
• Meanwhile, lightly mist a nonstick skillet with olive oil spray. Set over med. heat and cook ground turkey until no longer pink.
• Remove turkey & re-spray the pan with olive oil spray. Add mushrooms and garlic. Stir occasionally for approx 8-10 minutes or until mushrooms are turning brown.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Place 1/2 of the eggplant in the bottom of baking pan, then 1/2 of the mushroom mixture, the 1/2 of the turkey, 1 tsp italian seasoning, 1/2 the marinara & 1/2 the cheese. Repeat layers, then cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Remove fol & bake for 10- 15 more minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Remove & let stand for 10 minutes before cutting into 6 squares.

THREE CHEESE BEEF LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft, but not browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add ground beef and cook until no longer pink, stirring frequently. Add the red wine, cover and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, tomato juice and spices and mix well. Add vegetables and mix to combine. Heat through and add extra wine until desired consistency. You can make this ahead of time and leave it to cool before assembling the lasagna.
• In a large bowl, combine ricotta, first portion of mozzarella cheese, Parmesan and eggs.
• Spray a 19X13 lasagna pan with non-stick spray. Use a bit of the sauce liquid on the bottom of the pan to keep the first layer of noodles from sticking. Put down a layer of lasagna noodles, then top with globs of cheese mixture and about one half of the meat mixture. Repeat and top with a third layer of lasagna noodles. Try to have a bit of the meat sauce left to put on the top layer just to keep it moist. Top with second batch of mozzarella, or any shredded cheese you have on hand.
• Pre-heat oven to 375°F Bake for 30 minutes, covered with foil. Try not to press the foil down too much, as the cheese will stick when it starts to bubble. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Let stand for approximately 10 minutes before cutting.

ROASTED ZUCCHINI AND EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Grease two rimmed baking sheets. Adjust oven racks to lower middle and upper middle positions and heat oven to 400 deg F.
• Toss zucchini and eggplant with 3 tbl olive oil two-thirds of garlic, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper.
• Spread on baking sheets and bake, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden brown, 35-45 minutes; set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tbl oil in large saucepan over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in remaining garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes with their juice, bring to simmer and cook until flavors blend, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in basil and salt and pepper, to taste. Let cool to room temperature, about 45 minutes. You should have about 7 cups of sauce - add water, if necessary, to reach cups.
• Spread 1 cup cooled sauce on bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
• Lay 3 noodles in dish, spread one-waurter of cooled vegetables over noodels, and top with 1 cup sauce.
• Sprinkle 2/3 cup mozzarella and 1/2 cup Parmesan over sauce.
• Repeat layering of noodles, veggies, sauce and cheeses two more times.
• Lay remaining 3 noodles in dish and top with remaining vegetable and 1 cup sauce. Transfer remaining 2 cups sauce to storage container.
• Wrap dish tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate lasagna, and the remaining sauce, for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400 deg F. Unwarp dish and spread reserved sauce over top.
• Cover dish tightly with greased aluminum foil and bake lasagna until hot throughtou and bubbling around eges, about 45 minutes.
• Remove foil, sprinkle with remaining mozarella and Parmesan an bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted and begins to brown, about 10 minutes.
• Let cool ten minutes, and serve.

ZUCCHINI 3-CHEESE QUICHE

Steps:

• Grease the bottom and up one inch, a deep dish, 9" pan. Evenly sprinkle on the breadcrumbs.
• Bake in 350 oven for 12 minutes or until nicely browned. Remove from oven.
• While hot, sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan if desired. Set aside.
• In a large pan, sautee the onions in the butter until soft.
• Add the squash and red peppers.
• Add all the sesonings.
• Simmer til squash are just slightly tender. Remove from heat.
• In a separate bowl, with a fork beat the eggs with the flour then combine the cheeses and eggs mixing together well.
• Pour the egg-cheese mixture into the pan with the zucchini and gently combine.
• Spoon the filling into the prepared pan, sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until a test knife comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let set for 15-20 minutes before cutting.