Best Roasted Eggplant Zucchini Lasagna Recipes

ROASTED EGGPLANT & ZUCCHINI LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Line 2 (15x10x1-inch) pans with foil; spray with cooking spray. Set aside. Toss whole peppers, onions and garlic with 1/4 cup dressing; spread into 1 prepared pan. Toss eggplant and zucchini with remaining dressing; spread into remaining pan. Bake 25 min., stirring gently after 15 min. Cool.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Remove and discard skins and seeds from peppers; chop peppers and garlic. Combine vegetables; set aside. Mix Neufchatel, cottage cheese and egg until blended. Place 3 noodles on bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray; cover with layers of half each Neufchatel mixture, vegetable mixture and mozzarella. Repeat layers. Cover with foil.
• Bake 35 min. Remove foil; bake 10 min. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.

ROASTED ZUCCHINI AND EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Grease two rimmed baking sheets. Adjust oven racks to lower middle and upper middle positions and heat oven to 400 deg F.
• Toss zucchini and eggplant with 3 tbl olive oil two-thirds of garlic, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper.
• Spread on baking sheets and bake, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden brown, 35-45 minutes; set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tbl oil in large saucepan over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in remaining garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes with their juice, bring to simmer and cook until flavors blend, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in basil and salt and pepper, to taste. Let cool to room temperature, about 45 minutes. You should have about 7 cups of sauce - add water, if necessary, to reach cups.
• Spread 1 cup cooled sauce on bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
• Lay 3 noodles in dish, spread one-waurter of cooled vegetables over noodels, and top with 1 cup sauce.
• Sprinkle 2/3 cup mozzarella and 1/2 cup Parmesan over sauce.
• Repeat layering of noodles, veggies, sauce and cheeses two more times.
• Lay remaining 3 noodles in dish and top with remaining vegetable and 1 cup sauce. Transfer remaining 2 cups sauce to storage container.
• Wrap dish tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate lasagna, and the remaining sauce, for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400 deg F. Unwarp dish and spread reserved sauce over top.
• Cover dish tightly with greased aluminum foil and bake lasagna until hot throughtou and bubbling around eges, about 45 minutes.
• Remove foil, sprinkle with remaining mozarella and Parmesan an bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted and begins to brown, about 10 minutes.
• Let cool ten minutes, and serve.