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4 Cheese Vegetable Lasagna Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 12 uncooked lasagna noodles
  • 2 T. vegetable oil
  • cooking spray
  • 2 cups broccoli; chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups carrot; thinly sliced
  • 1 cup green onions; sliced
  • 1/2 cup red bell pepper; chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic; minced
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups 1% milk
  • 1/2 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese; divided
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1 pkg frozen chopped spinach; (10 oz) thawed,drained and squeezed dry
  • 1 1/2 cups 1% lowfat cottage cheese
  • 1 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 1/2 cup Swiss cheese; shredded
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions:
Cook lasagna noodles, omitting salt and fat. Drain; set aside. Preheat oven to 375.

Heat oil in a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium heat until hot. Add broccoli and next 4 ingredients (broccoli through garlic), and saute 7 minutes. Set aside.

Place flour in a medium saucepan. Graduall add milk, stirring with a whisk until blended. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook 5minutes or until thick, stirring constantly. Add 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in spinach. Reserve 1/2 cup spinach mixture for top layer of casserole, and set aside.

Combine cottage cheese, mozzarella and Swiss cheese; stir well. Spread 1/2 cup spinach mixture in bottom of a 13x9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange 4 lasagna noodles over spinach mixture in dish; top with half of the cottage cheese mixture, half of broccoli mixture, and half of remaining spinach mixture. Repeat layers, ending with noodles. Spread reserved 1/2 cup spinach mixture over noodles; sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Cover and bake at 375 for 35 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with pepper if desired.

Per Serving: Cals - 341 - Fat - 8.4g





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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: http://pages.prodigy.com
Submitted By: Teresa Johnson
techgoddess@worldnet.att.net
4 Cheese Vegetable Lasagna


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