Meat free low cost lasagne

This is a great way of getting vegetables into your children without the fuss! We prefer this lasagne to the one made with mince now, you don't get any surprise pieces of gristle to contend with, it's cheaper and healthier. I will give you a sample recipe but it's also cheaper if you use seasonal vegetables. It seems a lot of different ingredients but if you just buy what you need and not bulk bags it will work out cheap.

2 carrots

2 parsnips

Small swede

2 red onions

Large green pepper

Large red pepper

Sweet potato

Whole bulb garlic

2 cartons passata

8 lasagne sheets

For the cheese sauce:

Tbsp butter

Tbsp flour

Roughly 300ml or more milk (depending how thick it is)

80g grated cheese (plus extra for the top of the lasagne)

Pepper

Preheat the oven to 200

Chop all the vegetables into roughly the same size chunks place in a roasting tin with a splash of oil

Roast for roughly 30 minutes stirring halfway through

Once roasted add your cartons of passata to the roasting tin and mix together

Place the lasagne sheets in a dish with boiling water while you make the cheese sauce

In a pan on medium heat melt the butter

Add to the melted butter the flour and some pepper

Stir with a wooden spoon really quickly until a paste (roux) forms

To the roux gradually add the milk whisking constantly so no lumps form (although it doesn't really matter if there are a few)

Add the cheese and stir until melted

Now it's time to build your lasagne!

In a large oven-proof dish place half of your tomato mixture

Layer half of the lasagne sheets on top followed by half of the cheese sauce and repeat

Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and bake at 200 for 25-30 minutes or until the cheese is golden and bubbling

Serve with salad, chips or garlic bread.

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