Vegan Lasagna with Pumpkin Bechamel Sauce
 
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(Dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, vegan; soy-free with substitution)
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 cup TVP + 1 tsp vegetable stock
  • ¾ cup boiling water
  • 1 tablespoon oil (olive, grape seed, rice bran etc)
  • 1 large red onion - finely diced
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 1 large zucchini - peeled and finely chopped
  • 1-2 carrots - scrubbed and finely chopped
  • 1 cup mushrooms - finely chopped
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • ¼ tsp Herbamare
  • 1 cup loosely packed spinach - washed and shredded
  • 1 cup cooked, pureed pumpkin
  • instant lasagna sheets (use gluten-free sheets for gluten-free meal)
  • bechamel sauce (recipe below)
Instructions
  1. Rehydrate the TVP by pouring boiling water over the TVP and stock mixture. Put aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 200C. Heat the oil in a large pan on medium high heat, add the onions and cook until translucent. Add the TVP mixture and cook until slightly browned. Add the tomatoes, carrots, zuchini, mushrooms, salt, pepper and Herbamare and cook for 4-5 minutes. Stir through shredded spinach. Reduce heat slightly and simmer while preparing bechamel sauce.
  3. In a large pan add a layer of 'meat' sauce to cover bottom, place lasagna sheet on top and follow with layer of pumpkin bechamel sauce. Repeat with more 'meat' sauce, lasagna sheet and more bechamel sauce. Repeat for desired number of layers - ending with a lasagna sheet and final layer of pumpkin bechamel sauce. Bake in oven for 20-25minutes
Notes
Gluten-free: Use gluten-free flour and lasagna noodles.
Soy-free: Today, after a bit of reading and a discussion about the use of TVP, I have it on good advice that cooked bulgar approximates the texture of mock-meat products like TVP and would be a great substitute. (Note – bulgar is not gluten-free)
Voraciously Healthy Carnivores: For meat-eaters out there who want to squidge a lot more veggies into their lasagna meat sauce, obviously substitute the TVP for your favourite lean mince and continue on with the recipe.
Recipe by @OmNomAlly at https://omnomally.com/2011/05/22/vegan-pumpkin-lasagna/