Hearty Spring Dinner: Vegetable Lasagne Recipe

Need ideas for dinner tonight? Why not try this spring special vegetable lasagna recipe? Loaded with asparagus, peas, spinach, and more, seasonal vegetables and flavors shine in this healthy spring dinner recipe. You can make it for your family meal tonight and freeze the leftovers for later. Of course, if there are any.

Hearty Spring Dinner: Vegetable Lasagne

Spring Vegetable Lasagne

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Total Time: 20 minutes preparation + 55 minutes cooking

Yields: 4 servings

Ingredients

30g butter

¼ cup flour

1 and half cups milk

1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and sliced

2 zucchini cut into ribbons

2 green onions trimmed and cut

1 bunch spinach, trimmed

10 instant lasagna sheets, dried

1 cup frozen peas

250g ricotta, fresh

2 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced

2/3 cup chopped fresh basil leaves

1 cup pizza cheese, grated

Some extra basil leaves to serve

Procedure

Healthy spring dinner recipe

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1. Pre heat oven to 200-180 degrees Celsius (fan forced)
2. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour. Cook for 1 minute or until bubbling, keep stirring. Remove from the heat. Slowly pour in milk and stir until combined. Put back to heat. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until sauce boils and thickens. Make sure to stir constantly. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper.
3. In a medium saucepan, bring salted water to boil. Add zucchini, asparagus, and onions. Boil for 2 minutes. Remove using a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel. Add spinach to pan and cook for 1 minute or until wilted. Again remove using a slotted spoon. Let it cool then squeeze out excess moisture. Roughly chop.
4. Cover the base of 8 cup capacity ovenproof dish with 2/3 cup of white sauce. Layer it with ¼ lasagna sheets trimmed to fit followed by asparagus mixture, 1/3 ricotta, and peas. Top it up with 1/3 of remaining lasagna sheets, ½ remaining ricotta, and ½ bunch spinach. Repeat the process. Now top it up with the remaining lasagna sheets and white sauce. Arrange basil leaves and tomato on the top. Sprinkle with cheese.
5. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden and tender. Serve with extra basil leaves.

Celebrate the fresh flavors of the season with this healthy spring dinner recipe. The best part is it won’t weigh you down, yet is wonderfully satisfying.