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‘Free From’ Vegetarian Lasagne

January 9, 2013 Penny Leave a Comment

Vegetarian Wheat free lasagna recipe
Delicious Lasagne

Wheat-Free Lasagne

This Wheat free Vegetarian Lasagne was partly inspired by the Hairy Biker’s television programme. I often watch food programmes on television and find that when the subject matter is about weight loss I can’t resist.

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Just recently the Hairy Bikers programme has been re-run where they try – and succeed to lose weight.

It’s always inspirational to see people lose weight – especially those who have had a lifestyle for many years that has kept their weight on! I think the most impressive on the programmes was a young woman who told the bikers she had lost 12 stone! It was very hard to imagine her 12 stone heavier!

The Hairy Bikers were cooking up meals that were lower calorie and lower fat but had the same amount of taste as regular cooking. There are some good ideas in what they did and I think the principle is very good.

Vegetarian Lasagne With Leeks

I loved their suggestion for Lasagne because not only does it reduce the calories, it makes the dish suitable for people on a wheat free diet. They cooked a meat based lasagne and you can use this idea for a meat lasagne, but I just took the idea and cooked a vegetarian lasagne.

The basic idea is using pieces of leek instead of the lasagne sheets. It means you still have a barrier to pour sauce and cheese on but with much less calories – and wheat free. It’s a whole lot lighter too!

I simplified the Hairy Bikers recipe a little as it potentially was a bit fiddly – and I think it was still as good. I just created one layer of leeks as there was only one layer of white sauce and cheese on the top. I made the white sauce a little simpler too.

Lasagne – Adapting Classic Recipes

It’s good to try adapting traditional recipes. The are plenty of vegetables in this recipe and lots of flavour. It can be adapted to use the vegetables you like. For example you could add mushrooms, peas or sweetcorn.

It is a great idea and I will definitely use this method in the future to reduce the calories, as it does have all the flavour.

Free-From Vegetarian Lasagne

Ingredients

  • 1 large or 2 medium leeks
  • 200g green lentils
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
  • 1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped
  • 2 sticks celery, chopped
  • 1 carrot peeled and chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
  • 1 400g / 14oz chopped tomatoes
  • 1 dessertspoonful tomato puree
  • 1 teaspoon mixed herbs
  • 250ml milk
  • 1 dessertspoon cornflour
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 100g / 2.5oz mature cheddar cheese, grated
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Cooking Directions

  1. Place in the green lentils in a saucepan and cover with plenty of boiling water

  2. Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes or according to pack instructions

  3. Chop off the dark green end of the leek

  4. Take it lengthways and slice your knife the full length but only as deep as the centre

  5. Remove the outside layers and put to one side for the ‘lasagne’ sheets

  6. Slice the inner part of the leek across into rounds ready to add to the lentil mix later

  7. In a large frying pan, heat the oil

  8. Add the onions and fry for a few minutes

  9. Add the pepper and garlic cook for 2-3 minutes

  10. Add the celery, small sliced leek pieces and carrot and stir

  11. Addthe chopped tomatoes

  12. Add a splash of water and tomato puree

  13. Stir and add the mixed herbs

  14. Leave to simmer

  15. When the lentils are done, stir into the tomato mix

  16. Put the leek ‘sheets’ into a pan of boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes until soft

  17. Set aside

  18. In a bowl mix 2 tablespoons of milk with the cornflour

  19. Add the nutmeg to the milk and warm in a saucepan

  20. When just less than boiling, pour into the milk and cornflour mix and return it all to the pan

  21. Bring to the boil, stirring all the time. It will thicken

  22. Spoon the lentil mix into the lasgane dish

  23. Place the leek sheets on the top so it is all covered

  24. Pour the white sauce on top

  25. Cover with grated cheese

  26. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees C for about 30 minutes until the cheese is bubbling

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