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Vegetarian Crockpot Lasagna Soup

November 25, 2018

This crockpot lasagna soup is like a deconstructed lasagna made in an Italian tomato broth full of vegetables with a creamy dollop of a three cheeses mixed in.

This recipe is brought to you by DeLallo Foods

Vegetarian Crockpot Lasagna Soup

If you’ve found yourself trolling Pinterest there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen the meaty stove top version of this easy vegetarian lasagna soup floating around. And there’s a perfectly good reason for that.

Because it’s so dang good!

I’m very much into giving my favorite comfort foods a different spin to make them brand new again. And when it comes to lasagna, I have a couple of recipe twists on this classic Italian comfort food up my sleeve, or at least, in my recipe box.

This time around, a healthy change-up to everyone else’s lasagna soup was in the works.continue to the recipe… about Vegetarian Crockpot Lasagna Soup

Turkey Bolognese Lasagna Toss

October 2, 2017

Turkey takes over for traditional pork, veal, and beef in this rich and delicious homemade bolognese sauce to create a short cut lasagna dinner that cuts the calories, without sacrificing flavor.

It’s raining. The leaves on the mountain outside my front window are in the most vibrant change of fall colors I’ve seen in ten years. We pulled the tomato plants this weekend and I’ve harvested all my basil to make pesto before frost does it for me. There are days when comfort food is absolutely called for. And that’s when a rich, delicious lasagna raises its hand and squeals, ” PICK ME!”

I love a good lasagna with a rich, delicious meaty sauce with loads of cheese layered throughout and then melted on top. I mean, is there anything better?

But the thing is, my skinny jeans don’t always agree. My solution? Put all that rich flavor in a healthier turkey bolognese sauce and instead of layering my lasagna, toss it together instead.

I borrowed this lasagna toss idea from my Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup where the creamy ricotta mixture is added on at the end as an accent instead of playing equal parts to the noodle and sauce equation. I’m a cheese girl through and through, so that way, I meet my comfort food cravings but my jeans won’t revolt. continue to the recipe… about Turkey Bolognese Lasagna Toss

The Cheesiest Spinach and Cheese Lasagna

November 7, 2016

No-boil lasagna noodles layered with a mix of cheeses, spinach and store-bought marinara make this one of the easiest dinners you’ll prepare all week.

This post is in partnership with Kroger

When Kroger asked me back in July to join them for a blogging event at Kroger HQ in Cincinnati, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. When they said we’d be celebrating Christmas in October, the lights in my eyes saw sparkles of red, green and white.

See, while most of you are thinking, “Why is Christmas stuff already up in the stores when the Halloween candy hasn’t even been doled out?”, I’m researching and plotting my Christmas gift giving list, secretly listening to my Christmas carol playlist, and praying for snow. Like NOW! BRING ME SNOW!

I’m the original Christmas girl.

So when Kroger broke out the ugly sweaters for each one of us, we all jumped on a bus en route to visit the largest Kroger in the U.S. of A., and broke out in mismatched caroling harmony to this Mariah classic. It totallyput me in my element, and a holiday state of mind.

Our goal for the day was to create a holiday recipe to share with our fellow bloggers at the Kroger Bloggers Banquet. I didn’t have to think too hard about what my dish would be, I just channeled my sweet Aunt Jill and her Christmas Lasagna, the dish we had every Christmas Eve and all the best Christmas Eve’s of my youth.continue to the recipe… about The Cheesiest Spinach and Cheese Lasagna

Spinach Lasagna Roll-Ups with Table For Two

January 13, 2016

This easy, cheesy vegetarian pasta dish puts traditional lasagna on its side with a smaller portion that won’t leave you with a whole pan of leftovers.

There are some food blogs you come to rely on — your go-to blogs when you’re having chef’s block trying to figure out what to cook! Julie Wampler’s blog Table For Two is one of those blogs for us. Time and time again, we know we can visit Julie’s site for some sound and easy inspiration in the kitchen.

Her recipes are healthy, fast and pretty darn delicious, and while her blog offers several savory recipes, Julie’s penchant for sweets means that her dessert section is really something to behold. Hellooooo Peanut Butter Cheesecake and Cookie Dough Brownies! The D.C.-based blogger is also a seasoned traveler, and we love living vicariously through her adventures around the globe.

continue to the recipe… about Spinach Lasagna Roll-Ups with Table For Two

Sausage and Ricotta Lasagna

January 31, 2013

Lately I’ve been a whirling dervish in my choices of what I’m craving to eat. Cravings all over the place, and most of them leaning toward the ethnic side of food. Thai one night, Korean the next, Middle Eastern and as always one of my faves: rich sausag-ey Italian pasta. Lasagna, that’s what I need.

I’ll chalk it up to the fact that ever since I came home from Mexico I can’t quite get the flavors of other countries out of my system. I think its a sign that I just want to travel. It’s true! The night we got home I was on the internet stalking new travel adventures for me, my Smudge and my man, new places to create new memories.

This past week definitely resulted in a trove of memories I’ll be happy to reflect back upon. Converting online relationships to real life with talented foodie bloggers who traveled to Salt Lake City to attend Alt Summit was the highlight.continue to the recipe… about Sausage and Ricotta Lasagna

Friday Faves and Pumpkin Manicotti

October 12, 2012

This week heralded a week of pumpkins featuring both a savory and a sweet recipe option. As it should! Eating local and in season gives a bump in stimulating the local farming economy and its also just being plain healthy. Keeping it simple and unprocessed as often as we can.

So to end out the punkin’ posts I’ll leave you with this tasty ditty of a recipe featuring my favorite orange orb all mashed up in my Pumpkin Manicotti. I know! Will I ever get tired of pumpkin and sage together? Bear with me friends because it’s highly doubtful.

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Pumpkin Manicotti

Ingredients

1 8 ounce package manicotti noodles
3 cups milk
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 tablespoons 1 stick butter, divided
1/8 cup fresh sage leaves thinly sliced
¼ cup flour
1 1/2 cup Ricotta cheese
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoon salt divided
1 cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated

Instructions

Preheat oven at 350°F. Bring a large stock pot of water to boil. Once water comes to boil, add oil and salt water well and cook noodles for 5-8 minutes or until al dente. Drain and rinse noodles and set aside.
In a saucepan, bring milk to a boil, lower to simmer and add garlic. Simmer for 15 minutes until garlic flavor infuses milk. Remove garlic from mixture and discard.
In a separate small saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter, add sage leaves and cook until crisp. Remove sage leaves from butter pan to drain and set aside. Add 6 tablespoons butter to remaining sage butter in pan, and melt over medium heat. Whisk in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Add reserved garlic-infused milk mixture and cook until thickened, about 10 minutes, whisking so sauce does not stick or burn. Season with ½ teaspoon salt, remove from heat and let cool.
Layer a 13 X 9 inch pan with 1/2 cup of sauce.
In a large bowl, mix Ricotta, pumpkin puree, egg, nutmeg and salt. Add ½ cup Mozzarella and mix. Fill a large Ziploc freezer bag with pumpkin mixture, clip one corner with a ¼” cut and pipe manicotti tubes with Ricotta cheese mixture so a little bit overflows on ends.
Place manicotti tubes side by side in pan, repeating until you run out of shells and filling. Spoon remaining sauce on top of shells, top with remaining Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle sage leaves on top of cheese, cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, remove foil and bake for another 10 minutes.

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Butternut Squash Lasagna with Shiitake Mushrooms Plus 7 Lasagna Recipes

January 17, 2012

Finally! After 2 months of snow dances, dismay and downright worry, snow has lit upon the bare tree branches and is gracing us with its presence. What happened Mr. Snow Mizer? Did you get too much of us last year with your record snowfall last year? Huh? Huh?

Well, we’re happy you’re here. And so I’m throwing a party in your honor and serving up some gooey, homey delicious love.

Say it with me. Laaaa-saaaannnnyyyaaa. Gooey.

Yes sir, lasagne. And in keeping with my NYR (new years resolution) I’m going meatless on Mondays, so this week I made a fave, go-to veggie option.

I used to make this dish every Christmas when I was the hostess for the volunteer holiday party for my fave animal rescue, where everything had to be served veggie. Hello, we’re an animal RESCUE, not eatery. So did anyone miss the meat? Not a chance! Why not? Because this recipe is delicious! Oh, and the layers of cheese don’t hurt much.

The secret? Well, Giada blends almond amaretti cookies with the butternut squash to lend a balanced sweetness and then adds fresh basil to the bechamel sauce. I didn’t get to my favorite specialty store so I used almond flavored biscotti and it turned out just as well.

My twist on Giada’s tastiness is to load up on the cheese and goo factor by adding ricotta to the mozzarella and parm mix and then heft it up by adding a few layers of sautéed shiitake mushrooms. Giving my man something to girth on besides meat, right?

I usually double the recipe so it stacks up real high, and because I have a lovely, deep baking dish.

If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a comment below or take a photo and tag me on Instagram with #foodiecrusheats.

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Butternut Squash Lasagna with Shiitake Mushrooms

I serve this vegetarian lasagna every year for Christmas parties and everyone always asks me for the recipe.

Ingredients

2 tablespoon olive oil
2 pounds of butternut squash peeled, seeded, and cut into 1-inch cubes
1/2 cup water
4 amaretti cookies or almond flavored biscotti crumbled
1 pound shiitake mushrooms sliced
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 1/2 cups whole milk
4-5 good grates of fresh nutmeg
1 cup fresh basil leaves
1 package no-boil lasagna noodles
3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper

Instructions

Preheat to 375 degrees F.
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the squash, toss with oil, season with salt and pepper and then pour the water into the skillet. Cover and simmer over medium heat until the squash is tender about 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly and then transfer the squash to a food processor. Add the amaretti or biscotti cookies and blend until smooth.
Heat another large skillet over medium heat and add the other tablespoon of olive oil. Add the mushrooms and sauté for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt. Remove from pan and set aside.
Melt the butter in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat and add flour and whisk for 1 minute. Gradually whisk in the milk and bring to a gentle boil over medium-high heat then reduce heat to medium and simmer until the sauce thickens slightly about 5 minutes. Add in grated nutmeg. Cool slightly. Transfer half of the sauce to a blender and add the basil. Mixture will be hot so place a towel or cloth over top of blender so mixture doesn’t explode. Blend until smooth then return the basil sauce to the sauce in the pan and stir to blend. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Lightly butter a 13 X 9 X 2-inch glass baking dish. Spread 3/4 cup of the sauce over the prepared baking dish. Arrange a layer of lasagna noodles on the bottom of the pan. Spread 1/3 of the squash puree over the noodles then 1/3 of the mushrooms. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese and 1/3 cup ricotta cheese. Drizzle 1/2 cup of sauce over the noodles. Repeat layering 3 more times, ending with a layer of mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
Cover the baking dish with foil sprayed with Pam or other cooking spray and bake the lasagna for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for about 15 more minutes or until the top is golden. Remove from oven and let the lasagna stand for 15 minutes before serving.

Recipe Notes

adapted from Giada DeLaurentis

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photo > Foodjimoto

Curly noodles, ground turkey and mixed beans and ricotta make up Foodjimoto’s Lasagna Soup, a healthier version of the soupy, highly slurpable, spoon-lovin’ recipe of Farmgirl’s Dabbles Lasagna Soup.

photo > Simply Delicious

Like I’ve said before, I’m a fan of anything in a cup like my Baked Apple Cuplettes and Ham & Cheese Baked Egg Cups. Ally adds to my obsession thanks to her creation of a simple bechamel sauce with creme fraiche and marscarpone to make Simply Delicious’ Lasagna Cups an easy weeknight dinner. I can see the kids going NUTS over these little devils.

photo > Whipped the Blog

No-cook noodles and a garlic flavored bechamel flavor Caroline’s elegant enough for entertaining White Vegetarian Lasagna http://whippedtheblog.com/2010/01/25/white-vegetarian-lasagna/ from Whipped the Blog.

photo > FatFree Vegan

I had to include a recipe with the ‘it-girl’ Mila Kunis ‘it-ingredient’ of the moment equivalent:—KALE—by including FatFree Vegan’s Polenta Lasagna with Portabellas and Kale. Hey lookie there, Susan made lasagna healthy!

photo > I Breathe…I’m Hungry

Mellissa’s tenacity is a gluten-free lasagna lover’s savior! Subbing sometimes lame gluten free pasta for garbanzo bean crepes, layer up your faves like classic bolognese, marinara and gooey cheeses to create I Breathe…I’m Hungry’s Gluten-Free Lasagna with Garbanzo Bean Crepes .

photo > Delishhh

We all need a classic, and this one might be it: the bomb-daddy, the go-to Lasagne Bolognese thanks to Eva at Delishhh .

And to continue loving our meatless meals goals for the year, we’re going to help make yours a little easier by announcing the winner of the Pam Anderson/Three Many Cooks giveaway.

And thanks to Random.org, the winner is: Stacie from the blog Foodie Two Shoes. Congrats Stacie, thank you Pam for the book and swag and cheers to all for a year of healthy eating.

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Vegetarian Crockpot Lasagna Soup

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