PUMPKIN AND LENTIL Lasagne

About

Brenda Gantt

I am a self-taught cook. I started cooking around 18 years old. I stood in the kitchen and watched my mother, who was my biggest inspiration at the time, cook.

Serves 10.

 

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup ensure® vanilla powder
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 2 x 400g tinned lentils
  • 1½ tins of canned diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup grated tasty cheese
  • 500g ricotta cheese
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ cup chopped parsley
  • 60g fresh spinach
  • 500g pumpkin, sliced
  • 375g fresh lasagne sheets
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 50g finely grated parmesan cheese

 

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Bake pumpkin for 15 minutes or until tender.
  • Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
  • Cook onion until lightly golden.
  • Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
  • Add lentils and tinned tomatoes and stir.
  • Cover and bring to boil and cook for 1 minute.
  • Remove from heat and set aside.
  • Add Ensure® powder to tomato and lentil mix.
  • Add ricotta, parsley and nutmeg and stir until well combined.
  • Line base of ovenproof dish with layer of lasagne sheets.
  • Spread tomato and lentil mix and top with fresh spinach and pumpkin.
  • Top with another layer of lasagne sheets.
  • Add ricotta mix and top with a layer of lasagne sheets.
  • Spread over remaining tomato and lentil mix and top with remaining spinach and pumpkin and lasagne sheets.
  • Sprinkle with grated cheese and parmesan cheese.
  • Bake for 45 minutes (20 minutes covered and 25 minutes uncovered).
  • Serve with garden salad.

 

NUTRITION CONTENT PER SERVE:

  • Energy (kJ) 1913
  • Protein (g) 25
  • Fat (g) 16
  • Saturated fat (g) 7
  • Carbohydrate (g) 48
  • Sugars (g) 9
  • Fibre (g) 8
  • Sodium (mg) 32

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