Raise-the-Roof Sweet Potato Lasagna
This is from the E2 Diet book written by Rip Esselstyn. This is now our holiday main dish instead of turkey!!
Servings: 10-12
Ingredients:
1 onion, chopped
1 small head of garlic, all cloves chopped or pressed
8 oz. mushroom, sliced
1 head broccoli, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 red bell peppers, seeded and chopped
1 can corn, rinsed and drained
1 package Silken Lite Tofu
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp orgeno
1 tsp basil
1 tsp rosemary
2 jars pasta sauce (Trader Joe's have some oil free pizza and pasta sauces)
2 boxes of whole grain lasagna noodles
16 oz frozen spinach, thawed and drained
2 sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
6 roma tomatoes, sliced thin
1 cup raw cashews, ground (optional for heart patients)
Directions:
To assemble:
Servings: 10-12
Ingredients:
1 onion, chopped
1 small head of garlic, all cloves chopped or pressed
8 oz. mushroom, sliced
1 head broccoli, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 red bell peppers, seeded and chopped
1 can corn, rinsed and drained
1 package Silken Lite Tofu
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp orgeno
1 tsp basil
1 tsp rosemary
2 jars pasta sauce (Trader Joe's have some oil free pizza and pasta sauces)
2 boxes of whole grain lasagna noodles
16 oz frozen spinach, thawed and drained
2 sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
6 roma tomatoes, sliced thin
1 cup raw cashews, ground (optional for heart patients)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Saute onion and garlic for 3 minutes on high heat in a non-stick pan.
- Add the mushrooms and cook until the onions are limp and the mushrooms give up their liquid.
- Remove them to a large bowl with a slotted spoon and reserve the mushroom liquid in the pan.
- Saute the broccoli and carrots for 5 minutes and add to the mushroom bowl.
- Saute the peppers and corn until just beginning to soften and add to vegetable bowl.
- Drain the tofu by wrapping in paper towels. Break it up directly in the towel and mix into the vegetable bowl.
- Add spices to the vegetable bowl and combine.
To assemble:
- Cover the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish with a layer of sauce.
- Add a layer of noodles and cover with sauce.
- Spread the vegetable mixture over the sauced noodles.
- Cover with a layer of noodles and another dressing of sauce.
- Add the spinach to the second layer of sauced noodles.
- Cover the spinach with the mashed sweet potatoes.
- Add another layer of sauce, layer of noodles and a final layer of sauce.
- Cover the sauce with the thinly sliced Roma tomatoes.
- Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
- Remove the foil, sprinkle with cashews, and return to the oven for 15 minutes.
- Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.