March 9, 2012

Winter Root Vegetable Lasagna & Butternut Squash Crostini’s w/ Herbed Ricotta and Fried Sage


Roasting vegetables brings out the natural sweetness and simultaneously preserves essential vitamins and nutrients. What better way to prepare simple and healthy vegetables, oil isn’t even necessary, despite what you may have heard, particularly if you’re using a Silpat, but parchment paper works too. Making a simple marinara from scratch and using fresh pasta sheets makes all the difference in the world when putting together lasagna that will wow your nearest and dearest. They’ll think they’re eating in their grandmother’s kitchen, if they’re Italian, that is.

I roast yams, butternut squash, celery root, parsnips, eggplant, and zucchini on the same sheet pan and store them in the fridge for later use. Roasted vegetables are so versatile-they can be used to make a variety of different dishes.

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