New Vegetarian Recipe Night

[sabotabby]

There were too many people and too much food to list. To give you an idea, this is what half of the spread looked like:



So I'll post some random pictures and give you the recipe I did, and other people will hopefully post recipes as well.




Gratuitous Pop Rocks.


Dessert!

Okay, so I made chickenfeet2003's chipotle lasagna recipe. Which was not very specific but came out wonderfully:



You will need:
- two cans of 28oz tomato sauce (I ended up with extra sauce, oh no!)
- a medium-sized eggplant
- a package of fresh pasta
- a pepper or two
- a few chipotles (I got the kind in cans)
- a hot pepper
- two bunches of spinach
- lots of garlic
- a bunch of basil leaves (I got this fresh from our porch)
- extra virgin olive oil (I used Zatoun)
- a 475 g container of ricotta cheese (I used the light kind)

Here's what you do:

While you're making the sauces:
chickenfeet2003 said to grill the eggplant and roast the peppers, as if I know the difference. I slathered both in olive oil, put them in the toaster oven on grill/broil, and hoped for the best.

Red sauce:
Tomato sauce + chipotle and hot pepper + about three cloves of garlic, crushed. Simmer on the stovetop for a bit.

Green sauce:
Blanch the spinach (this means bring a pot of water to a boil, dump the spinach in, and take it out quickly). Put it in a food processor with the ricotta, some olive oil, the basil leaves, five cloves of crushed garlic, and salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Make it into smoosh.

Put it all together:

pasta
eggplant + red sauce
pasta
peppers + green sauce
pasta
eggplant + red sauce

Put in the oven at 400° for 45 minutes.

Comments

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I have mysteriously decremented but I'm glad you enjoyed the lasagna.

[sabotabby]

I feel like I'm operating on about half my usual mental ability lately.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

So you are now only twice as awesome as most people!

[unemployia.livejournal.com]

sounds yummy!

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

WOW! Aubergines are my favourite food. What are chipotles?

[sabotabby]

Chipotles are a Mexican thing—smoked jalapenos. The taste is just amazing. I must remember to cook with them more often.

[biblionerd-girl.livejournal.com]

That looks delicious!!

[ladypolitik.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Goddammit. :9

[culpster.livejournal.com]

Host another one of these in the next three months while I'm around please!!

[sabotabby]

Are you in town now? I thought you weren't. Your whereabouts were the subject of discussion last night when your former roommate randomly showed up at a party next to the party I was at.

[numb3r-5ev3n.livejournal.com]

When do I add the pop rocks?

Just kidding. :D This looks great!

[90pointmetaphor.livejournal.com]

I would very much love an invite to the next one - it looks like a blast!