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baked meat lasagna in white enamel pan with blue trim

Healthy Hidden Veggie and Meat Lasagna (Kid-Approved)

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This hidden veggie meat lasagna has become one of my favourite meals to make because it is flexible, nourishing, filling, and incredibly forgiving.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Keyword comfort food, cooking with kids, family friendly, homemade dinners, nourishing food
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Rest Time 10 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 8 people
Calories 650
Author NaturallyNourishedFamily.com
Cost $25 CDN/$18 USD

Equipment

  • large bowl
  • sheet pan
  • 9 x 13 lasagna dish or other deep oven-friendly pan approx. same size
  • Wooden Spoon
  • Aluminum foil

Ingredients

  • 2 cups shredded cheese mozzarella works well or a mixture
  • 2 cups ricotta cheese
  • 1 Tbsp dried parsley
  • 1 lb ground beef grass fed is best
  • 4 cups fresh mixed vegetables of any kind approximate amount, can be whatever you have on hand
  • 3 cups marinera sauce one 24 oz. jar
  • 16 oz. no boil lasagna noodles one box - we use brown rice noodles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  • Chop up mixed vegtables and place on sheet pan
    roasting a variety of colourful vegetables that I had in my fridge on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper
  • Roast vegetables until soft and brown
  • Turn up oven to 425 degrees
  • Blend roasted vegetables and marinera sauce in high speed blender to create a soupy texture, set aside
    blending roasted vegetables in a highspeed blender before adding to marinara sauce
  • Split shredded cheese in half and save half for topping later
  • Mix together cheeses, parsley and eggs in large bowl, set aside
  • Brown ground beef in skillet on stove, ensuring all small chunks
    browning the beef in a cast iron pan on the stovetop
  • Add marinera and roasted vegetable mixture to ground beef pan and mix
  • Add layer of roasted vegetable marinera meat sauce to bottom of lasagna pan
    aluminum lasagna dish filled with hidden vegetable meat sauce
  • Add layer of cheese mixture
  • Add layer of lasagna noodles
    layering the brown rice noodles on top of the hidden vegetable meat sauce in an white enamel pan
  • Repeat layering steps ensuring that last step is cheese mixture
  • Top with saved shredded cheese
    aluminum pan containing all ingredients for the hidden vegetable meat lasagna ready to be baked in oven
  • Baked covered with aluminum foil for 40 mins
  • Remove foil and bake an additional 20 mins or until cheese is brown and bubbling
  • Remove from heat and rest for 15 mins before serving
  • I like to sprinkle with more dried parsley before serving