🍽️ Vegetarian Butternut Squash Lasagna Recipe
🕒 Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
🥘 Description: This delightful Vegetarian Butternut Squash Lasagna is a true crowd-pleaser, with layers of savory flavors and creamy textures. Though already delicious as is, you can elevate it further by adding a layer of chopped spinach for extra depth. Serve alongside a crisp salad and warm breadsticks for a complete and satisfying meal.
🍲 Recipe Category: One Dish Meal
- Keywords: Vegetable, European, Weeknight, < 4 Hours
📝 Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 1/2 cups mashed butternut squash
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 tbsp parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil (for sauce)
- 1 onion, chopped (for sauce)
- 1 garlic clove, minced (for sauce)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes with juice
🔪 Instructions:
- In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add diced onion and minced garlic, cooking until the onion is lightly browned.
- Remove from heat and stir in honey and mashed butternut squash until well combined.
- Spread a small amount of sauce on the bottom of a shallow 2-quart oven-safe dish.
- Arrange 3 lasagna noodles over the sauce, then layer with half of the squash mixture, half of the cottage cheese, and one-third of the tomato sauce. Sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese over the layers. Repeat the layers, ending with the remaining tomato sauce on top. Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese evenly over the top.
- Bake in a preheated 350°F (175°C) oven for 35-45 minutes, or until the lasagna is bubbly and the cheese is golden brown.
- To prepare the sauce: In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped onion and minced garlic, cooking until softened. Stir in sugar, dried basil, dried oregano, black pepper, and salt. Add diced tomatoes with their juice, and simmer for 20 minutes.
Enjoy this flavorful and comforting Vegetarian Butternut Squash Lasagna with your loved ones!
