Name: Vegetable lasagne
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: serving
Cuisine: Contemporary
Ingredients: spinach leaves, washed; pasta durum wheat lasagne sheets; parmesan cheese grated; mozzarella cheese lower fat, grated; canola oil or olive oil; onion peeled, chopped; mushrooms sliced; green pepper chopped; beans mixed tin, drained; tomatoes tin, with juice, mashed; dried mixed herbs; margarine lite; milk low fat; flour; cheese; nutmeg ground, pinch; salt; freshly ground black pepper to taste

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Ingredients (18)

	spinach — leaves, washed
	pasta — durum wheat lasagne sheets
	parmesan cheese — grated
	mozzarella cheese — lower fat, grated

Vegetable sauce

	canola oil — or olive oil
	onion — peeled, chopped
	mushrooms — sliced
	green pepper — chopped
	beans — mixed tin, drained
	tomatoes — tin, with juice, mashed
	dried mixed herbs

Cheese sauce

	margarine — lite
	milk — low fat
	flour
	cheese
	nutmeg — ground, pinch
	salt
	freshly ground black pepper — to taste

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Method:

Lightly steam the spinach until just wilted, then drain well.

For the vegetables sauce, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add the onions and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes.
Add the mushrooms and green pepper and cook for a further 3 minutes. Add the beans, tomatoes and herbs. Simmer for 15 minutes.

For the cheese sauce, melt the margarine, and stir in the milk.

In a 500ml glass bowl or jug, mix the flour with 45 ml water to a smooth paste. Remove the hot milk from the heat and gradually add the milk, 45 ml at a time, to the flour paste, stirring after each addition until smooth. Pour the sauce back into the saucepan.
Return to heat and stir until sauce is smooth and thickened. Remove from heat and stir in cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
To assemble, pour half the vegetables sauce over the base of a lasagne dish. Cover with a layer of lasagne sheets, then half the spinach. Spread half the cheese sauce over the spinach. Top with remaining vegetable sauce and lasagne sheets. Sprinkle with parmesan and mozzarella cheese.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour until bubble and brown.