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Recipe of the Day: Pumpkin Lasagna

  • Yasmin Coles
  • January 14, 2011

Recipe of the Day: Pumpkin LasagnaThere is spaghetti squash, which is actually a type of squash that looks  like spaghetti noodles when scraped, and there is pumpkin lasagna, which is dish featuring the lovely meatiness of pumpkin.  Try this pumpkin lasagna recipe when you start to crave for some delicious pasta and forget about the intimidation that comes with making lasagna.  Every bite is worth every minute you spend working on this healthy pasta dish.

Ingredients

1 tbsp. of extra-virgin olive oil, divided

2 large onions, chopped

1 can (about 4 ounces) of sliced mushrooms, drained

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1/4 tsp. of dried, Italian seasoning

1 can (15 ounces) of mixed greens, drained

1 can (15 ounces) of 100% pumpkin

1 container (15 ounces) of ricotta cheese, preferably whole milk

3/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese, divided

1/2 tsp. of kosher salt

1/4 tsp. of ground, black pepper

1/8 tsp. of grated nutmeg

1 cup of Alfredo sauce

15 lasagna noodles (about 3/4 pound), cooked according to package directions

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Heat 2 tsp. of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Add onions and saute until golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes.

Add mushrooms and cook until browned.  Add garlic and Italian seasoning, and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the greens and heat through; set aside.

Mix pumpkin and ricotta cheese in a large mixing bowl. Stir in Parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper and nutmeg until well combined.

Grease the inside of baking dish with the remaining teaspoon of olive oil.  Spread 1/2 cup Alfredo sauce over the bottom of the baking dish. Top with 3 noodles, covering the bottom of the dish.

Spread 1/4 of the pumpkin mixture over the layer of noodles and scatter 1/4 of the green mixture over the pumpkin.  Repeat layers of noodles, pumpkin and greens, until you have 4 layers of each.  Top with the remaining 3 noodles; spread the remaining 1/2 cup Alfredo sauce over the top.

Cover with a sheet of foil and bake for 45 minutes until bubbling around the edges.

Remove foil; top with remaining Parmesan cheese and return to the oven for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned.  Rest for 15 minutes and serve.

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