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Halloween Veggie Lasagne

October 26, 2015 by Katie Bryson 24 Comments

Spooky Halloween Veggie Lasagne on feedingboys.co.uk

It’s half term, it’s almost Halloween so it’s time to have some fun with your food and make this spooky green veggie lasagne! It’s a delicious warming supper that’s great to serve up to a troupe of hungry cold trick or treaters.

The bright toxic green sauce is actually just a regular cheddar cheese sauce with fresh spinach leaves wilted and blitzed through it in a blender. It’s layered up between pasta sheets with a vegetable-packed tomato sauce that’s full of flavour from roasted peppers and sundried tomatoes. I’ve used Quorn mince but any meat-eaters out there could of course use beef or pork mince, but you’ll need to brown it first.

I’ve used my Optimum Froothie 9400 to make my sauces for this recipe, but if you don’t have one you can make them in a saucepan and then blend afterwards for a smooth result. I can’t stress enough how useful my blender is though, as you can whip up a hot cheese sauce in a matter of minutes without standing over the pan stirring. Read my review of the Optimum Froothie 9400 or click here if you’re interested in purchasing a Optimum Froothie 9400.

The beauty of this monstrous supper is that you can rope the kids into making it with you, so it kills a bit of time if you’re looking for school holiday activities. Divide the recipe up into little jobs – grating cheese, washing spinach leaves, building the layers of the lasagne – there’s something achievable for kids of every age. Read my guide to cooking with kids here for more tips and advice.

Plus the great thing about the kids helping you cook a meal is that they are far more likely to want to taste it as they go along and therefore will be less suspicious of it when it lands on their plate later on.

Spooky Halloween Veggie Lasagne on feedingboys.co.uk

Halloween Veggie Lasagne

Serves: 6
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 45 mins

Ingredients

For the bolognese sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
1 celery stick, finely chopped
1 carrot, grated
1 green pepper, finely chopped
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp dried oregano
500g passata
85g sun dried tomatoes
100g roasted red peppers
1 lemon, zest only
300g quorn mince

For the green cheese sauce
45g butter
45g plain flour
500ml milk
pinch ground nutmeg
salt and pepper
125g fresh spinach
85g cheddar cheese, grated

6 sheets of lasagne

For the topping
Handful breadcrumbs
Handful cheddar cheese, grated

Method

1. Heat the olive oil in a lidded pan and gently cook the celery, carrot and pepper with a pinch of sea salt flakes until softened, stir through the garlic paste and oregano and cook for a further minute and remove from heat.

2. Put the passata, sun dried tomatoes, roasted peppers and lemon zest into a blender jug along with the softened vegetables you’ve just cooked and blend for a few minutes until smooth, before returning to the pan along with the quorn mince. Mix and then allow to simmer on the hob for 15 mins.

3. Make the green cheese sauce by combining the butter, flour and milk with the pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper in a power blender and blitzing on full power until the sauce has heated up and thickened. Add the spinach which should wilt in and blend until combined, then finally add the cheese and blend again for a further minute until smooth.

4. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 6. Take a rectangular ovenproof lasagne dish and spoon half of the bolognese sauce into the bottom. Then place 3 sheets of lasagne pasta over the top to form a layer of pasta. Pour half of the green cheese sauce over the pasta and smooth out with a spatula. Repeat to use up the remaining sauces and then finally scatter with the breadcrumbs and cheese.

5. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until bubbling and then remove, allow to cool a little before serving straight from the dish in the middle of the table with a large bowl of green salad. All things green for halloween!!!!

Cook’s Tips: This is a perfect make-ahead recipe for filling the freezer. I’d make it up to the end of step 4, allow to cool, wrap tightly in cling film and then freeze.

Spooky Halloween Veggie Lasagne on feedingboys.co.uk

Disclosure: I am an ambassador for Optimum Froothie and have included affiliate links in this blog post. If anyone decided to purchase one of these blenders after reading my post and clicks on the link I will receive a small percentage of the sales.

I’m entering this spooky veggie lasagne into a few blogging link-ups….

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Credit Crunch Munch from Fab Food 4 All and Fuss Free Flavours

 

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Extra Veg from Fuss Free Flavours and Utterly Scrummy, hosted this month by Veggie Desserts

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No Waste Food Challenge from Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary, hosted this month by Veggie Desserts

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Comments

  1. Kavey says

    October 26, 2015 at 8:24 am

    Wowsers, I love the colours, perfect for Halloween too but without compromising the taste!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:31 pm

      Always have to have the right flavours Kavey… hate fake-tasting food!

      Reply
  2. Jeanne Horak-Druiff says

    October 26, 2015 at 8:39 am

    Hahaha – I love it! Not only is it a toxic green, but it’s in fact also GOOD for the kids! Definitely a win-win situation 😉

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm

      Heheh indeed Jeanne… definitely a win-win!

      Reply
  3. samantha rickelton says

    October 26, 2015 at 11:05 am

    Ah this looks fab and really captures the spookiness of halloween!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm

      Thanks Sam… love spooking up food!

      Reply
  4. Sarah Maison Cupcake says

    October 26, 2015 at 12:24 pm

    That looks seriously spinachy! Great to theme it for Halloween 😉

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm

      Thanks Sarah!

      Reply
  5. Corina says

    October 27, 2015 at 7:43 am

    It’s a great idea for a Halloween meal! I also love the fact it’s healthy too.

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:32 pm

      Thanks Corina 🙂

      Reply
  6. Lynn Huggins-Cooper says

    October 27, 2015 at 10:30 am

    Great idea – and delicious for grown ups too 🙂

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:29 pm

      The grown-ups loved the flavour despite it’s alarming green appearance!

      Reply
  7. kate @veggie desserts says

    October 27, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    I love this! I usually wilt spinach into sauce for macaroni cheese etc… but this is amazing with it blended in! Perfect for Halloween! THanks for entering the No Waste Food Challenge!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:29 pm

      Thanks Kate… that’s a great idea… green macaroni cheese!!!!

      Reply
  8. Dom says

    October 27, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    this is such fun… and such a simple idea too. Nice and healthy too!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      October 28, 2015 at 7:28 pm

      Thanks Dom! Yep the spinach is a good little secret nutritional weapon in there….

      Reply
  9. Elizabeth says

    October 29, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    Oh my goodness what an absolutely fantastic idea!!! 😀

    Reply
  10. Jan @GlugofOil says

    October 30, 2015 at 9:28 am

    WOW! Kids will love this – a great looking Halloween lasagne!

    Reply
  11. Bella's Secret Kitchen says

    October 30, 2015 at 12:02 pm

    Love this – my little one is a HUGE lasagne fan, so will definately be trying this 🙂 x

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      November 1, 2015 at 4:59 pm

      That’s great to hear Bella!

      Reply
  12. Camilla says

    November 1, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    Loee the use of spinach with the Cheddar to make the green colour in this lasagne and be it tastes delicious too:- Thanks for entering #CreditCrunchMunch;-)

    Reply
  13. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    November 2, 2015 at 9:39 am

    I think that this is far too good for just Halloween. My college colour was green so we used to have green porridge on St Chad’s day – yum! this is even better!

    Reply
  14. Emma Phillips says

    November 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    If I can find a way to do this with vegan cheese I definitely will 🙂

    Reply

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