Used a can of diced tomatoes and can of tomato sauce, as I didn’t have any fresh tomatoes. Also added a couple of tablespoons of hot sauce. Added a tablespoon of cornstarch to thicken things. Came out awesome.
It makes a lot of food...feeds more than 8. I added diced habaneros. Glad I did, as it gave a little background taste. Used Hunts fiery red diced tomatoes instead of stewed. Use the oven ready noodles. For a 9x13 dish, will use 9 oven ready.noodles, about 1/2 of a 9 oz package. Get the spinach really dry, or you’ll get a watery bottom in the dish, like I did. Next time I would use extra firm tofu, again because of water content. BIG kicker was that at 30 minutes at 400 degrees, not close to cooked. It took a good solid 60 minutes to cook.
I had my doubts about this recipe...how can you compete with ricotta and mozzarella cheese and ground beef? I was pleasantly surprised. The lasagna came out good. I say “good” because it was a good solid healthy inexpensive dish. It was not “great”, as it didn’t have the bold robust taste of conventional lasagna. Next time I will try to add something to the tofu mix to kick up the taste a bit. I think just more salt and pepper might have helped a bit, and I do like mine a little spicy, so that’s a thought. And beware having wet components prior to cooking. My entire pan bottom had excess water that I had to drain off.
Make this dish when you have a big bunch of really hungry people. I think everyone will like it. Hope this helps.
The potatoes used up all the coating, so used a different marinade for the chicken. Little bit of a pain to have to hang around to mix potatoes every 15 minutes. The recipe itself was delicious. Will make it again.
Super easy. Super good. I’m just a clumsy recipe following guy who cooks sometimes. Easy to prepare, easy to clean up. I mixed in some shredded cheese with the mixture, and some diced jalapeños. But that’s just me.
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