Vegan Lasagna

Total Time

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Servings

8

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
• 4 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 1/3 cup tomato puree
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 (16 ounce) package lasagna noodles
• 2 pounds firm tofu
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• ground black pepper to taste
• 3 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

Instructions

1. Make the sauce: In a large, heavy saucepan, over medium heat, heat the olive oil. Place the onions in the saucepan and sauté them until they are soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic; cook 5 minutes more.
2. Place the tomatoes, tomato puree, basil and parsley in the saucepan. Stir well, turn the heat to low and let the sauce simmer covered for 1 hour. Add the salt and pepper.
3. While the sauce is cooking bring a large kettle of salted water to a boil. Boil the lasagna noodles for 9 minutes, then drain and rinse well.
4. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
5. Place the tofu blocks in a large bowl. Add the garlic, basil and parsley. Add the salt and pepper, and mash all the ingredients together by squeezing pieces of tofu through your fingers. Mix well.
6. Assemble the lasagna: Spread 1 cup of the fresh tomato sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch casserole pan. Arrange a single layer of lasagna noodles, sprinkle one-third of the tofu mixture over the noodles. Distribute the spinach evenly over the tofu. Next ladle 1 1/2 cups fresh tomato sauce over the tofu, and top it with another layer of the noodles. Then sprinkle another 1/3 of the tofu mixture over the noodles, top the tofu with 1 1/2 cups fresh tomato sauce, and place a final layer of noodles over the fresh tomato sauce. Finally, top the noodles with the final 1/3 of the tofu, and spread the remaining fresh tomato sauce over everything.
7. Cover the pan with foil and bake the lasagna for 30 minutes. Serve hot.