Made this last week and everyone loved it kids included! Very tasty, quick & easy.

Here is the recipe courtesy of Olive Magazine, June 2010.

- Preparation 15mins

- Cooking Time 30mins

- Vegetarian

Serves 4



Ingredients

* olive oil
* 2 large courgettes , grated
* 1 clove garlic , crushed
* a pinch of chilli flakes
* ½ 250g tub ricotta
* 3 tbsp Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
* 300ml jar tomato pasta sauce
* 6 sheets fresh lasagne (I used dry and cooked the dish 10 more mins)

Preparation

Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan. Cook the courgette, garlic and chilli until soft. Add the ricotta and 2 tbsp of parmesan, season and mix well.

Put a layer of the mix in the bottom of a small dish. Add a quarter of the sauce then cover with 2 sheets of lasagne. Repeat twice, ending with lasagne. Spoon over the last 1/4 of tomato sauce and sprinkle over the Parmesan. Bake for 20-30 minutes until bubbling.

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There’s masses to do at the Soil Association’s Organic Food Festival this year, with over 150 quality stall holders, livestock, including the Sheep Show, top chefs showing you what to do with all the great produce you can buy, fun demos in the health and beauty marquee, great music to chill to, fabulous fashion and textiles, and loads of fantastic street food to enjoy while you are there.

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Labour Behind the Label (LBL) is a not-for- profit campaign supporting garment workers’ efforts worldwide to improve their working conditions, through awareness raising, information provision and encouraging international solidarity between workers and consumers.

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I am always on the lookout for good vegetarian cookbooks and Plenty has quickly become one of my favourite. The recipes are tasty and original and (best of all for me ) most of them are not cheese based. The book looks wonderful with great photography.

Plenty is drawn from Yotam Ottolenghi’s column ‘The New Vegetarian’ for the Guardian’s Weekend magazine. Drawing inspiration from his unapologetic love of ingredients and his far-ranging and eclectic culinary influences, he is well-known for his truly original and innovative approach to vegetable dishes.

Broken down into sections covering types of vegetable, Plenty opens with recipes for roots across the seasons, from warming Roasted parsnips and sweet potatoes with caper vinaigrette to a summer salad of Beetroot, yoghurt and preserved lemon relish.

Inspiration is then provided for leaves (both cooked and raw) in recipes such as Green pancakes with lime butter, Swiss chard, chickpea and tamarind stew and Vine leaf, herb and yoghurt pie.

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