The recipe she pulled is Julianne Moore's vegetable lasagna recipe from People magazine (link here). I pretty much followed it exactly, except that our pan was on the small side so our lasagna had 3 layers instead of four.
I don't have a photo of this one either, because a very hungry family would not have wanted to wait for a photo shoot to take place before eating it. Besides, I had a very important appointment with a few girlfriends at the movie theater right after dinner. (No, we were not seeing the fourth Twilight movie. Why would you even think that?)
So instead of a picture of the lasagna, here's an awesome picture of my mom and dad cooking in their favorite aprons, courtesy of yours truly.
Makes 8 servings.
Ingredients:
12 oven-ready lasagna sheets
6 cups of marinara sauce
4 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, grated
1 bunch asparagus, sliced thin on bias
2 medium zucchini, diced
salt & pepper, to taste
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 15 oz. container ricotta cheese
1 egg
2 cups shredded mozzarella
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and saute until golden (around 1 minutes).
Add vegetables and saute for 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Combine ricotta, 1/4 cup Parmesan and 1 egg in a medium bowl. Mix well. Spray a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with cooking spray. Spread 1 cup marinara sauce on bottom of pan.
Add a layer of 3 uncooked lasagna sheets. Spread 1/3 of ricotta mixture on top. Add 1/2 of the vegetable mixture and top with 1 cup of marinara sauce. Layer 3 more sheets of lasagna, 1/3 of the ricotta and 1-1/2 cups marinara.
Layer 3 more lasagna sheets, the rest of the ricotta and vegetables and 1 cup sauce. Finish with 3 lasagna sheets, remaining sauce, and top with mozzarella and rest of Parmesan cheese.
Bake covered for 50-60 minutes. Uncover and bake until cheese melts, about 5 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes. Serve.
This recipe was a smash success with my family. Next time, I might try it with a layer of spinach and a layer of chopped broccoli in place of the zucchini and asparagus.
Pay attention when you're layering! I kept forgetting where I was in the assembly process, so the finished product wasn't as pretty as it could have been. But I'm sure it tasted just as good!
***Update 08/13/2012***
This just in! My brother's girlfriend, Shannon, made this lasagna the other day and sent me a gorgeous picture! Here it is below: