Hidden vege lasagne
- Serves 4
- Prep time: 15 mins | Cooking time: 45 mins
A simple lasagne packed with hidden vegetables for extra nutrition, the whole family will love this recipe.
Recipe by: Fresh Meals Made Easy
Ingredients
1 leek, washed and sliced
500g prime beef mince
325g Delmaine Original Spicy Tomato Sauce
1 can Budget Tomatoes
250g Meadow Fresh Cottage Cheese
1 can Delmaine Butter Beans, drained
3 carrots, peeled and grated
250g San Remo Instant Lasagne
50g Ornelle Parmesan Cheese
1 packet Superb Herbs Cut Oregano ,leaves
Oil
Salt
Pepper
Method
Saute off the leeks in a little water. Drain and put aside.
Heat some oil in a pan and brown the mince.
Add the sauce, tomatoes and season.
Cook for 5-10 minutes then remove from the heat.
Lightly squash the butter beans.
Mix together the cottage cheese, butter beans, leeks, oregano and carrot.
Season to taste.
Spread ½ the mince on the bottom of a baking dish.
Add a layer of lasagne sheets.
Add a layer of the leek mixture.
Add another layer of lasagne sheets.
Add the remaining mince evenly over the top and sprinkle with parmesan.
Bake for 30-45 minutes.
Perfect served with some salad.
And more:
You can add some pitted Greek olives or roasted pumpkin to the leek and carrot layer.
For a cheesier version add 100g grated tasty cheese or crumbled feta mixed with the leeks.
Lasagne is the plural of lasagna. One theory for the origin of lasagne is that it comes from 14th century English recipe called Loseyn (layers of dried flat pastry sheets and cheese cooked together).