Black Bean Lasagna

Vegetarian black bean lasagna.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 complete bell pepper, any shade, diced
• 1 whole (14.5 ounces) can black beans, tired and rinsed
• four teaspoons basil, divided
• 2 teaspoons oregano, divided
• 2 teaspoons marjoram, separated
• four teaspoons italian seasoning, divided
• 16 ounces, weight box ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese)
• 3 tablespoons chopped clean basil (optionally available)
• ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• ¼ cups grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
• 1 entire (28 oz.) Can tomato sauce (or jar of pasta sauce)
• ½ teaspoons overwhelmed pink pepper flakes
• 6 whole lasagna noodles, cooked according to bundle instructions and drained

Manual

Make the filling for the rolls:

In a small nonstick pan over medium warmth, sauté garlic in a tablespoon of oil for about 2 mins. Add bell pepper, black beans, and 1-2 teaspoons of each the dried spices. Sauté for about three-5 mins, until garlic is aromatic. Do away with from warmness and positioned into a small warmness-secure bowl. Add the ricotta cheese and sparkling basil (if using), stir to mix. Upload a small handful approximately 1/four to at least one/3 of the shredded mozzarella and the grated parmesan cheese. Blend nicely.

Pour tomato sauce into a small bowl and season with more (1-2 teaspoon every) dried spices, salt, and pepper. Upload a splash of olive oil and the crimson pepper flakes; stir.

Put a few spoonfuls of the sauce into the lowest of a small (8×eight) baking dish. Using a spoon, scoop out a number of the filling, and add it to a lasagna noodle, rolling the noodle around the filling. If filling comes out, location your index finger and thumb over the open ends and pinch the filling back into the roll. Location the roll, seam aspect down in baking dish. Repeat until all the noodles are used. Pour last sauce over rolls. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the pinnacle and cover with foil.

At this point you could either preserve it in the refrigerator until you’re ready for dinner, or bake right away (or you can stash it within the freezer for another day).

When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375f and bake, included in foil, 45 mins to an hour, til heated thru and sauce is effervescent a chunk. Then cast off foil, and bake an additional five-10 minutes till cheese is browned. Allow to cool about 10-15 mins earlier than serving, then revel in.

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