VEGETARIAN LASAGNA 
1 medium eggplant, fresh
1 pkg. frozen spinach
1 pkg. lasagna noodles
1 pkg. (pint, sm. one) low-fat cottage cheese
1 jar Favorite meatless sauce
1 sm. pkg. Mozzarella lite cheese
Salt and pepper
Several plump tomatoes
Parsley flakes

Defrost spinach, drain as much water out with a colander as possible. Cut eggplant in rounds thinly sliced, lay on paper towels and lightly salt, lay another paper towel on top and continue layering with eggplant rounds, salt, paper towel etc. Place a heavy pan on a cookie sheet on top of stack, let sit for at least 1/2 hour to 2 hours. Cook lasagna noodles until tender. Mix cottage cheese with spinach in a bowl, salt and pepper and season to taste. In a casserole pan, spread a light layer of sauce. Add layer of noodles, layer of eggplant, sauce, layer of cottage cheese, spinach mix, another layer of noodles and repeat process until pan is full or desired height achieved. Top with remaining Mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce and cover evenly with thinly sliced peeled tomatoes. Sprinkle on parsley flakes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes, until eggplant is soft and has changed a brown color.

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Vegetarian Lasagna
   #92055
 Kate O'Neill (New Jersey) says:
I made this today and haven't tasted it yet, but would like to point a few details in the instructions that might be clarified.

1. "1 jar of meatless sauce" --- should be clear about the size of the jar --- or its contents. I guessed 20, but ran out of sauce, even though I was putting on a pretty sparse amount.

2. "Small package of Mozzarella" is not specific enough. How many ounces? 4? 8? I got the giant pack and still ran out though I was making only one pan of lasagna.

3. You never say to when and where to make the first additions of mozzarella --- just to "top with the remaining Mozzarella cheese."

4. I added raw mushrooms to each layer, for texture. That should work out well. Thanks for contributing your recipes to cooks.com.

 

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