Take the classic stuffed peppers and turn them into a lasagna! Layered with familiar flavors, this vegan stuffed pepper lasagna is going to be a dinner favorite!
In a large pot, bring 4 cups of water to boil. If you need more water, add more.
6 cups water
While waiting on the water to boil, dice up a whole bell pepper as well as placing the TVP into a bowl and covering with 1 ½ cups water. Allow to sit and absorb the water.
1 cup TVP, 1 cup diced bell pepper, 6 cups water
Once water is boiling, add lasagna noodles and cook according to package directions.
8 lasagna noodles
While the noodles are boiling, start sauteing your bell peppers in a frying pan on medium high heat. If using a pan that is not non-stick, add a little oil.
1 cup diced bell pepper
Cook bell peppers until just starting to become translucent, and add all seasonings/spices/etc. Mix well.
1 tablespoon sugar, 1 cup diced bell pepper, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1 tablespoon cumin, 1 teaspoon paprika, ⅛ teaspoon salt, ½ tablespoon garlic powder, 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon potato starch
Turn down the heat to medium low and add in TVP granuals that should have absorbed all of the water and become softened. It is okay if there are still some hard pieces. Mix the bell peppers, seasonings and TVP together well and allow to cook for a few minutes.
1 cup TVP
Next, add in the rice and mix around.
1 cup cooked white rice
Once everything is well combined, add in a small handful of cheese shreds (if using) and the potato starch (if using) and mix everything together once more.
2 cups shredded cheese
At this time your lasagna noodles should be cooked or very close. Go ahead and cut the heat to them and start assembling your lasagna.
8 lasagna noodles
In a 9x9 dish, grease or butter the bottom, then add a light layer of marinara. Do not be concerned with covering the bottom of the dish.
1 ½ cups homemade marinara recipe
Lay 4 lasagna noodles long ways in the dish. It is okay if you need to overlap just a little.
8 lasagna noodles
Add a sprinkle of cheese if using.
2 cups shredded cheese
Spread a thin layer of the meat mixture on top of the cheese (or noodles if skipping cheese).
1 cup cooked white rice, 1 cup TVP, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 cup diced bell pepper, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1 tablespoon cumin, 1 teaspoon paprika, ½ tablespoon garlic powder, 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon potato starch
Next spread a little more cheese and then some marinara. Again, this does not have to be perfect.
2 cups shredded cheese, 1 ½ cups homemade marinara recipe
To that, add another layer of 4 lasagna noodles and repeat the process again until you have 4 more noodles as the top layer, top with either cheese and sauce, or just sauce.
If you think you will need more noodles, definitely cook more. I could have added another layer to this lasagna, so depending on how big you want yours, this is up to you!
Water will be divided slightly with 6 cups going for the lasagna noodles and up to 2 cups for the TVP rehydrating. You may not use all of the water or you may need more. This is a general baseline.
If you are using violife shredded mozzarella cheese, you will end up using the whole bag for this recipe. I only did a small handful into the meat mixture and sprinkled an even sprinkle throughout the layers and had just enough to spread over the top.
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