VEGETARIAN LASAGNA SOUP
Vegetarian Lasagna Soup tastes like lasagna with all that tomato sauce, veggies and cheese but so much easier than making lasagna. Every time I make baked lasagna I always get leftover with a couple of sheets or the broken sheets. This soup is so easy to make, super delicious, awesomely comforting during the cold season and hearty.
Ingredients
- 3-4 sheets lasagna sheets
- 1 cup mushroom slices
- 1 medium zucchini cut into chunks, slices
- 1 medium carrot cut into chunks, slices
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2 medium tomatoes chopped
- 1 stalk celery sliced
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced or finely chopped
- 2 cups spinach
- ¼ cup lentils soaked for 20-30 minutes
- 1 cup tomato sauce fresh
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cups water or stock
- ½ tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
- 1¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¼ cup mozzarella and cheddar cheese grated
- 2 tbsp parmesan grated
- 4 tbsp ricotta cheese
- some red chilli flakes optional
Instructions
- Heat the oil over medium heat in a deep saucepan or pot.
- Add chopped onion and saute for 1-2 minutes until it becomes a bit soft.
- Add the garlic and stir fry for a minute.
- Add zucchini, carrot, celery,mushrooms, zucchini, chopped tomatoes and lentils.
- Stir fry the mixture for one minute.
- Cover the pan and allow the mixture to cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the tomato sauce or passata, water, salt and herbs.
- Allow the soup to come to a simmer.
- Add the broken lasagna sheets.
- Cover the pan and allow the soup to simmer over low to medium heat.
- Cook till the lentils and pasta is cooked.
- Add pepper powder, sugar and spinach. Mix it well.
- Just before serving add the cheeses and stir.
- Spoon the soup into the bowls.
- Add 1 tbsp ricotta in each bowl and sprinkle some chilli flakes if using any.
Notes
- The proportion of vegetables can vary according to your preference.
- Add vegetables of your choice.
- Can use ready made or leftover marinara sauce for this soup recipe.
- If you want to serve this soup later on then don't add the lasagna sheets. They will turn too soft. Allow the soup to become hot, add the broken sheets, simmer till done and serve immediately.
- Add cheeses of your choice.