VEGETABLE LASAGNE

Serves 4

( Vegetarian dish, vegan if cooked without cheese)

Ingredients:

-1 onion

-1 garlic clove

-1 aubergine

-2 small courgettes
-200g mushroom
-6 wholewheat lasagne sheets
-half pack (180g) chopped tomato with basil&onion
-olive oil
-salt & pepper
-oregano
-grated cheese or 3tbsp chopped nuts to garnish




Ingredients for the white sauce:

-1 pack single cream (soya)
-1tbsp rice flour
-1tsp mustard
-1/4tsp grated nutmeg
-salt & pepper

Peal and cut the aubergine and courgettes and grill them in a pan with a little olive oil until almost cooked.

Remove from the the heat, sprinkle with salt and leave it to stand for a little, then pat gently to remove excess moisture.

Finely dice the onion and crush the garlic.Peal and cut the mushrooms.
Sweat the onion and garlic in olive oil for few minutes then add the mushroom and sweat them for further 5 minutes.
Add the chopped tomato and oregano and cooked it for about 10 minutes.


Now prepare the white sauce. Put the ingredients to a pan bring to boil and simmer for few minutes on low heat. Add a bit of water if the sauce is too tick.


Assemble the lasagne. Place 2 lasagne sheets into the baking pan cover it with half of the vegetable  mix and mushroom. Cover it with a layer of lasagne then pour over about half of the white sauce. Repeat the layer and use the remaining white sauce to cover the top.

Sprinkle it with either grated cheese or chopped nuts if you want it to be vegan.
Bake it in a preheated 200 degrees oven for about 40 minutes or until the cheese beginning to brown.

Serve it with fresh salad.
Enjoy :)

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LENTIL AND WALNUT BURGER

Serves 4

( This recipe is free from yeast, dairy products, meat, added gluten, sugar, )

Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion                                                                    -1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 2 garlic cloves                                                                     -1 bay leaf
• 1 cup of red split lentils                                                        -1/2 tsp dried rosemary
• 2 cups of water                                                                   -salt and black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups of finely chopped walnuts                                   -olive oil for brushing
•   3 tbsp tomato paste                                                          -sesame seeds and rice flour for coating    

Finely dice the onion and crush the garlic cloves.

Place the onion, garlic, lentils, water and herbs into a saucepan and bring it to boil. Simmer, stirring occasionally until the lentils are soft and the mixture starts to become a thick pure.

Remove the bay leaf. Stir in the tomato paste and walnuts and add salt and black pepper to taste. Allow the mixture to cool.

Sprinkle the sesame seeds and rice flour on to the work surface. Divide the mixture into 8, roll each portion into the flour and seeds, and flatten them into burger shapes.

Place the burgers on a greased baking tray. Brush the surface with olive oil and bake in a preheated 200 degrees oven for approximately 25 minutes.

Serve with cous cous, fresh salad and humus.

Enjoy :)

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