Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable & Feta Lasagne

Name: Roasted Mediterranean vegetable & Feta lasagne
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: For the green béchamel :); 50 g Butter; 50 g Plain flour; 400 g Milk; Half a bag of leaf spinach; Pinch of celery salt (I use Steenbergs and a pinch of nutmeg,); Salt & pepper; 30 g Parmesan cheese (grated); For the roasted vegetables :); 1 Aubergine (chopped into small chunks); 1 Courgette (chopped into small chunks); 1/2 Red pepper & yellow pepper (chopped); 5 Chestnut mushrooms (cut into quarters); 1 Red onion (peeled and chopped into medium chunks); 3 tbsp Olive oil (to coat the vegetables); -salt & pepper; For the lasagne :); 1/2 Packet of fresh lasagne sheets; 1/2 Block of Feta cheese; 1 Jar of tomato sauce/home-made sauce; Extra Parmesan (for grating on top of the lasagne)

September 19, 2014 by Laura Scott 30 Comments

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Sometimes I think there is no better comfort food than lasagne. Lasagne has got it all. Layers of soft pasta, a rich meaty ragu and lashings of smooth and silky béchamel all topped off with a crisp, salty cheese laden crust. And it was Garfield’s favourite food too.

Roasted Mediterranean vegetable & Feta lasagne

The only problem I have with lasagne is the amount of processes necessary to make it. I often find myself making the ragu the day before, then there is the béchamel which has to be stirred and whisked constantly not to mention the messy construction of all the layers and grating a huge pile of cheese.

Lasagne is not a dish to start putting together after you get back from the school run or you and the rest of the family might not be eating until well into the night. So, this prompted me into creating a speedy alternative and a much healthier one at that.

First, I made my béchamel in my Froothie which takes around 7 minutes all in. But this is not your average white sauce. Mine happens to be a green sauce, taking inspiration from all the green smoothies I see online. A spinach and cheese laden sauce which can be put to many uses (more ideas later in the post). I also added nutmeg which works beautifully with spinach and some excellent celery salt sent to me by Steenbergs.

Second, instead of the slow cooked meaty ragu, I roasted a tray full of Mediterranean style vegetables to fill my lasagne with. This veggie version is far more economical to make as I usually buy organic beef mince – not cheap, therefore I like to limit how often I use it.

Third, I cooked up a batch of my easy tomato sauce.

Lastly, I bought fresh sheets of lasagne and a packet of Feta cheese which speeds up the cooking time of the fully constructed lasagne by about 10 minutes and eliminates any risk of biting into under done, slightly chewy pasta sheets.

My roasted vegetable ad feta lasagne resulted is a dish that would satisfy a confirmed meat eater or a veteran vegetarian. A comforting dish that is packed full of lightly charred vegetables, tangy cheese and an iron rich binding sauce for all the layers of loveliness.

I also made three other pasta dishes using this same combination of ingredients, all of which could be made as a quick mid-week meal.

Spaghetti with green sauce

Harissa spiced spaghetti & roasted Mediterranean vegetables

Roasted vegetable and green sauce pasta bake

If you love lasagne, you might like some of these lasagne related recipes:

Chicken, roasted butternut & Feta lasagne – Cook Sister

Summer vegetable lasagne – Amuse your bouche

Veggie packed lasagne – Feeding Boys

Mediterranean mini lasagnes – Maison Cupcake

Quick veggie lasagne – A Mummy Too

I am linking my lasagne to the following challenges:

Eat Your Greens – Allotment 2 Kitchen

Pasta Please – Allotment to Kitchen & Tinned Tomatoes

Extra Veg – Elizabeth’s kitchen Diary, Fuss Free Flavours & Utterly Scrummy

Simple and in Season – Franglais Kitchen & Ren Behan

Credit Crunch Munch – Maison Cupcake, Fuss Free Flavours & Fab Food 4 All

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