Vegetarian Lasagna with Quick-Roasted Tomato and Herb Sauce

Here are the ingredient as follow :

1. 5 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half (or used diced Roma tomatoes)
2. 2 T olive oil
3. 1 T dried basil
4. 1 T dried Turkish, Greek, or Italian oregano
5. 1 T ground fennel seed
6. 1 cup plain tomato sauce (canned sauce is fine)
7. 1/4 cup water
8. 1 T finely minced garlic or garlic puree
9. 1/2 tsp. salt
(2-3 T chopped fresh basil and oregano would be great added to the sauce)
10. 2 cups low-fat cottage cheese
11. 2 eggs
12. 3-4 cups grated low-fat mozzarella cheese
(I used a 16 oz. package, which was not quite 4 cups)
13. 10-12 dried lasgna noodles
14. olive oil or non-stick spray for spraying lasagna dish

Used this direction as follow :

1. Preheat oven to 500F in your stove , check out in your lovely kitchen.
2. Wash cherry tomatoes if needed and cut in half.
3. Place tomatoes in bowl and toss with 2 T olive oil, dried basil,
dried oregano, and ground fennel. Roast tomatoes 30 minutes.
4. Remove tomatoes from oven and lower temperature to 375F.
5. Scrape tomatoes with all accumulated juice and pieces of herbs
into bowl, then add plain tomato sauce, minced garlic, salt, water,
and chopped fresh herbs if available.
6. In small bowl, beat eggs, then mix in cottage cheese.
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7. Spray 9.5 by 13.5 inch glass casserole dish with
olive oil or non-stick spray.
8. Make a layer of uncooked lasagne noodles covering bottom of dish.
(You may need to break the noodles to make them fit.)
10. Spread half the roasted tomato sauce over noodles,
then half the cottage cheese mixture and half the mozzarella.
11. Top with another layer of noodles, sauce, cottage cheese, and cheese.
12. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake
about 1 hour 30 minutes, or until noodles feel soft when
pierced with a fork.
13. Remove foil and bake 20-30 minutes longer,
until cheese is nicely browned and mixture is bubbling.
14. Serve hot, with a perfect green salad.


South Beach Suggestions:

- Lasagna made with Dreamfields pasta is something
I've eaten since the time I started eating the South Beach Diet way.
- I haven't ever seen Dreamfields Pasta on any official list for
South Beach, but Dreamfields is low on the glycemic index.
- Even though I'm using low-fat cottage cheese and mozzarella,
this is probably a "once in a while treat" for phase 2 or 3 for South Beach dieters.



(Makes 8-10 servings, recipe created by Kalyn)