Garden Vegetable Lasagna

Yield: about 12 servings (one 9x13" dish)

Ingredients - Sauce:
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 small yellow onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, diced
4 Tablespoons butter
1/3 cup (heaping) flour
4 cups 2% milk
3/4 teaspoon chicken base
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon pepper

Ingredients - Filling:
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 small crown broccoli (~2 cups), chopped
1 large zucchini, sliced and quartered
4 sliced mushrooms (~1 1/2 cups)
2 to 3 cups grated winter squash or carrots (3 med.)
3 to 4 cups fresh spinach
1 ½ boxes lasagna noodles
1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Noodles:

  1. Prepare noodles according to instructions.

Sauce:

  1. Dice onion and garlic.
  2. In a skillet, heat 1 Tablespoon olive oil on medium and sauté onion until translucent.
  3. Add the garlic for the last few minutes of cooking. Set aside (these will go in the sauce later).
  4. In a sauce pan, melt 3 Tablespoons of butter. When melted, whisk in the flour.
  5. SLOWLY (1/2 cup at a time) add the milk, whisking to mix completely.
  6. Add the chicken base once milk is completely added. Keep stirring over medium heat until sauce begins to thicken.
  7. Remove from heat; add onion, garlic, nutmeg, salt, and pepper.

Filling:

  1. Chop, slice, and grate vegetables. In a large skillet heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil on medium and sauté vegetables, in this order:
  2. Add broccoli and zucchini, sauté for 3 minutes
  3. Add mushrooms to mixture and sauté for additional 2 minutes
  4. Add carrots and baby spinach and sauté until spinach is slightly wilted.

Assembly:

  1. Spread about 3/4 cup of sauce over the bottom of a 9x13” casserole dish.
  2. Add a layer of noodles.
  3. Spread the filling mixture over the layer of noodles.
  4. Drizzle about 1 cup of sauce over it.
  5. Add another layer of noodles.
  6. Spread another layer of the filling mixture.
  7. Top with 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese.
  8. Add the next layer of noodles.
  9. Spread layer of the filling mixture
  10. Top with 1 cup of white sauce.
  11. Top with a final layer of noodles
  12. Drizzle the rest of the sauce.
  13. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
  14. Cover pan with foil and bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes. Remove foil, turn off oven and bake another 10 minutes until top is lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool before slicing and serving.

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