DAIRY-FREE ROASTED VEGGIE LASAGNA

THE LASAGNA THAT WILL MAKE YOU ASK, “WAIT, ARE YOU SURE THIS IS VEGAN?”

Cheesy, tangy, and perfectly melted. Layers on layers of simple, low-stress homemade ingredients to make the ultimate copycat three-cheese lasagna, or substitute some store-bought ingredients for a deceivingly quick comfort meal that will put your whole family in a very happy food coma. Or maybe just you. That’s okay. It’s okay to make an entire lasagna for yourself. This is your sign.

This is a good one, folks. A real good one.

What You’ll Need To Make This Happen

Here’s our shortcut-friendly ingredient list:

• chickpeas
• tahini
• lemon juice
• ice
• garlic
• salt
• beets

And assuming you’ve got olive oil, S&P, and garlic…this big bowl of goodness is yours for the taking.

How To Make This Bowl Come Together

Essentially what is happening here is the meatballs, peppers, and zucchini get roasted on one single pan.

I know technically this isn’t the correct way to do it because you want each veggie to be cooked to its own perfection. And if you are particular about your zucchini, feel free to give it its own pan for optimal zucchini-specific roasting. But I found it most efficient (and 100% delicious) to just add the zucchini on the same pan – not for the whole time, but just for the last few minutes of roasting. If there’s an easy way to do something that still gets the same super-yum end results, you know I’m all over that. And in this case, everybody-on-one-pan is the way.

Create an eye catching spread.

The only other really “active” cooking step here is blitzing up a block of feta cheese in a food processor or mini chopper (I love this one) until it becomes a creamy, spreadable, dollop-able wonder that you might be tempted to put on, like, everything from here on out.

This recipe, this combo of flavors, this textural heaven? This one is for those of us who like to go big. Lots of color, lots of puckery zip, lots of salt, and a good amount of heat from that harissa paste… more of all, please.

In terms of eating this, you can just fork-and-knife it, OR you can get right up in there with your pillowy pita and swoop it directly into the hummus, top with a meatball and some veggies, and do a final dunk into that whipped feta to just take this day right over the top. (10/10 would recommend.)

HARISSA MEATBALLS WITH WHIPPED FETA: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Begin Building the Lasagna: In a 13” x 9” pan, add 1/2 cup of “meat” marinara sauce mixture on the bottom and spread with a spatula to create an even bottom layer. Cover the bottom with about 4 lasagna noodles lengthwise, overlapping a bit. This will be your first layer.

Continue Building: Next, add about some of the “meat” marinara sauce mixture (just ensure you have enough for 4 even layers) and then 1/3 of the vegan ricotta, and about 1/3 of the remaining vegan mozzarella on top of the ricotta. Repeat layers until you’ve reached the top layer. Add the remaining meat sauce on top then sprinkle/spread the previously set aside 1 cup vegan mozzarella over it.

Bake: Cover the pan with foil and bake in the oven for 30 minutes covered. Then broil for about 3-5 minutes of low broil to brown the cheese on top. Top with basil, and allow to set up on the counter for about 10 minutes before cutting into slices. Cut into 9 or 12 even slices. Serve and enjoy!

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We Love Sheet Pan Meals. Here Are More Faves!

• Sheet Pan Chicken Pitas with Tzatziki (salty-briney-crunchy goodness on one pan!)
• Sheet Pan BBQ Tofu (three words – BBQ. Spiced. Tofu.)
• Sheet Shrimp and Cauli Rice (another SOS fave!)
• Quinoa Sweet Potato Salad (a salad in sheet pan form – yep, we went there)

One More Thing!

This recipe is part of our collection of savory meatball recipes. Check it out!