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Vegetarian Lasagne – Ostomy-Friendly Recipe

Being vegetarian and having a stoma can sometimes be tricky, this recipe is balanced to provide your required nutrients while being gentle on your digestion. This is a basic lasagne recipe, that can be adapted to add in different flavours, vegetables or even made vegan with a few swaps.

  • Serves: 4
  • Time to prep: 30 minutes
  • Time to cook: 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 250g soy mince
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 parsnip
  • 1 onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 300g chopped tomatoes
  • 1tbsp tomato puree
  • 1tsp oregano
  • 6 lasagne sheets
  • 25g butter
  • 25g flour
  • 300ml milk
  • 200g grated mozzarella
  • Olive oil
  • Salt / Pepper

Method

  1. Peel the onion, garlic, carrot and parsnip and dice.
  2. Add all the diced ingredients into a frying pan with a little olive oil until they are soft and have browned. Add the soy mince and cook for an extra minute.
  3. Add the tomato puree and simmer for a minute. Add the chopped tomato and oregano and cook for a further 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Melt the butter into a separate saucepan, add the flour and simmer until well combined.
  5. Add the milk to the saucepan and bring to the boil. The mixture will become smooth and thicken. After this has happened, add half the cheese, mix well and season.
  6. Spoon a third of the vegetable mix into an oven dish and cover with 2 lasagne sheets. Pour half the cheese sauce mix on top then repeat the mince and lasagne sheets until the dish is nearly full.
  7. Top with the remainder of the cheese sauce and the remaining grated cheese.
  8. Cook in the oven at 180 ̊C for 30 minutes or golden brown on top.