Lasagna

[purple]

So my dd wanted her gluten-free lasagna without meat/dairy. No spinach, squash, mushrooms or eggplant...

I layered it with spaghetti sauce, the gluten-free noodles as usual. Then for one layer I used mashed potatoes and the other layer peas and carrots. Sprinkled spices on top. She loved it. A kid meal for sure and she got to have her lasagna too. Also it worked geat baked in a bread pan.

I want to try it chicken alfredo with cheese and maybe throw in some broccoli the next time for my other gluten-free dd.

What are your ideas for a "new" way of making it?

[sickchick]

How absolutely adorable. Smashed potatoes to the rescue!

[Juliebove]

We can't have eggs or dairy. Perhaps one day I will try it with some faux cheese, but husband doesn't really like that. In the meantime, I use the noodles, broken up and mixed with chicken and gravy. It's really good. I made it once with turkey and gravy because my mom is allergic to chicken but I can't say that I cared for it too much.

[jayhawkmom]

I am trying a recipe for 5-ingredient potato lasagna this evening.

It's basically just spaghetti sauce, sliced potatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, and cottage cheese. =)

[celiac-mommy]

I do a vegetarian lasagna that my dd asks for--she specifically asks me if I can hide lots of vegetables in my lasagna I do just a standard recipe, but instead of using meat, I add steamed and pureed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and zucchini (Costco Normandy blend)--about 3 cups worth--and I add it to the tomato sauce. It has a little texture to it, not quite like ground meat, but I asked my dh last time I made it how it was and he said "Really good, but I think it needed just a little more meat"

[RissaRoo]

Oh, yum! I love these ideas! I am going to have to try that, and I like the idea of pureeing the vegetables as well. We like mexican lasagna...cut up corn tortillas, and layer in a lasagna pan with refried beans, corn, olives, black beans, onion, covered with homemade enchelada sauce (big can tomatoes plus can green chilis plus salt, puree in the blender) and then repeat layers. We've done it with no cheese...it is really great with cheese, but if you use enough sauce it's pretty good w/out it too!

[purple]

Everything sounds so good. I saw a spaghetti sauce recipe where they put whole beans in it. Ground up beans and veggies sounds like a good idea in place of meat. Gee, I haven't made mexican lasagna for years. Sounds like I want to make "new" lasagna again soon, as soon as I get some more gluten-free noodles. Thanks for some good ideas