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Non-Dairy Lasagna [I Like To Share Recipes]

I finally figured out how to do it! Lazy, Easy, and Delish!

1 package no boil lasagna pasta
Non stick cooking spray
"Ricotta cheese": 1 lb soft tofu
3 eggs
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 jar Go-Veggie Parmesan cheese substitute
1/4 cup chopped parsley
Note: if I make this recipe again, I will double the "ricotta cheese". It's perfect with sauce and the sharpness of the tomatoes.

3 packages Daiya Mozzarella Cheese shreds

Meat Mixture: 1 lb hamburger
1 lb hot italian sausage, removed from casings (5-6 sausages)
1/4 cup garlic powder, OR 4 cloves fresh minced garlic
1 cup dry red wine
1 tsp salt
2 small jars of your favorite pasta sauce

In a blender, combine all of the "ricotta cheese" ingredients, and blend till smooth, OR in a medium large bowl, crumble the soft tofu to tiny bits, beat the eggs, add the remaining ingredients and stir well until thoroughly mixed.

In a very large frying pan, brown the hamburger and sausage, crumbling while cooking, (if using fresh garlic, add it about 2-3 minutes before the meat is done), and drain the fat. Add the wine, the garlic powder, and the salt, and simmer two or three minutes. Add the pasta sauce, and simmer just until heated through.

Preheat oven to 400F.

Spray a 13" x 9" glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Cover the bottom with 4 no boil strips of lasagna pasta. Spread that with 1/2 of your "ricotta cheese" mixture, and then top that with 1/2 of your meat and sauce mixture. Top the meat and sauce with 1/2 of your mozzarella "cheese" shreds.

Build the next layer with 4 strips of pasta, spread with the rest of the "ricotta cheese", and add the remaining meat mixture. Top this with four more strips of the pasta, and then top that with the last of the mozzarella cheese.

Cover the pan with aluminum foil, place it on a baking sheet with a raised edge, and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven, and carefully remove the foil. Some of the mozzarella shreds will stick to the foil, but if you are careful and allow them to cool a bit you can pick the shreds off and return them to the top of the lasagna.

Return the lasagna to the oven, and bake for 10 minutes more.

Important: Let this sit for 10 minutes before attempting to cut it. As ever, always best the next day!
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
It might be good but I am avoiding soy products, not good for my thyroid. Trying to avoid dairy as much as possible too...and wheat because the gluten is also bad for thyroid. Sucks, I’ve only had lasagna a few times in my entire life and really liked it.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti Yeah, you've got a lot going on. I wish they made lasagna noodles you could eat.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou they do make them gluten free for about 3 times the price of regular ones. It’s the cheese now that I should avoid. I do have dairy about once a week but maybe I shouldn’t. Have been taking calcium supplements more since getting away from dairy.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti I just take a multi vitamin, quite a few supplements, and eat a lot of antacids...🤣. You know spinach is a calcium powerhouse. Every once in a while when I am feeling crazy I think about buying one of those pasta making machines...but really, for lasagna noodles you just need an extra long rolling pin.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou I have a pasta roller, need to make some gluten free noodles, just having chicken & noodles would be good for me. So many of the recipes call for mozzarella cheese & egg for the noodles though. I have about 10 kinds of flour that don’t have gluten in them and each one is a bit different. Some recipes are tricky and some are real disappointments but every once in awhile I find a really good one and am happy with it and make it quite a few times.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou I eat green veggies every day. The calcium tablets I take says to take 3 a day but I generally only take 2 because of the green veggies.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti You probably know more about nutrition than any professional nutritionist.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou I’ve had to figure things out and I don’t like going to a doctor. I don’t take any prescriptions and not many people my age that I know are like that. I knew people in their fifties taking 3 or more prescriptions every day. Had an aunt who was on over 2 dozen prescriptions plus over-the-counter meds and it really put the fear in me.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou I’ve been craving parsley like crazy for several weeks making a chopped salad and adding a huge amount of it in it. It tastes like tabouli but without the wheat. I think I can make a similar salad to tabouli using cooked brown rice, chopped tomato, onion, parsley & a little cucumber, lemon & olive oil, Salt & pepper. I need to figure out why I’m craving parsley so much. I might as well buy some seeds and plant it again at this rate.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti I made a parsley and mint and rice salad a few years back, with a vinaigrette dressing, sounds very similar. No cukes. I don't eat them unless they are pickles...😉
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou was it very close in taste to tabouli?
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti I had never had anything like it before. I found the recipe for a cold mint and rice salad online, and TBH I didn't like it too much...too much rice and not enough flavor. Let me see if I can find the recipe.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti https://www.food.com/recipe/rice-salad-with-mint-456546
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou I looked at the recipe, mint seems like a strange ingredient in a rice salad. And a rich olive oil would add a lot more flavor than vegetable oil.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti I liked the lemon juice aspect instead of vinegar...it's a bit milder and easier on the stomach...but you can see from the ingredients, it's mostly rice.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou Lemon juice & a good quality olive oil is one of the best flavor enhancers there is. Vinegar has it’s place but I prefer fresh lemon juice if I have lemons.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti I have a really nice Greek salad dressing recipe here on SW in this group. I developed it before I became lactose intolerant, but I can still make it because they make Go Veggie Parmesan cheese. It's similar to Italian dressing, but incorporates lemon juice and honey.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou I bet that is good, Greek food is wonderful.
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti Greek salad used to be one of my faves.