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Vegan Spinach Alfredo Skillet Lasagna makes the perfect weeknight dinner! An easy vegan pasta recipe that is family-friendly, uses just 1 skillet, and is ready to eat in about 45 minutes!
Bubbling hot lasagna deliciousness…. Are you ready for it? Spinach Alfredo Skillet Lasagna! A satisfying one-pan meal that your whole family will enjoy! Perfectly cooked lasagna sheets cooked along with a fragrant mix of garlic, sauteed balsamic mushrooms, onions, spinach, and a dreamy cheesy vegan Alfredo Sauce – DROOL ALERT. An easy dinner fix for lovers of easy one-pot meals and no-fuss pasta dinners!
I love easy skillet lasagna recipes for their easy preparation and clean-up. Have you tried my French Onion Skillet Lasagna? Ever since I tried that recipe I knew I had to come up with another version and this Spinach Alfredo Lasagna is my new favorite -especially now that spinach is in season. But as you can make this with frozen spinach, you can prepare this easy one pot pasta dinner all year round.
MORE VEGAN PASTA RECIPES:
- Cauliflower Alfredo Spinach Artichoke Lasagna.
- Creamy Vegan Cajun Pasta
- Spinach Artichoke Pasta Bake
- Vegan Mushroom Fettucine Alfredo
- Cajun Cauliflower Pasta
- Vegan Lemon Asparagus Pasta
- Creamy Mushroom Spinach Pasta
Vegan Spinach Alfredo Skillet Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 6-8 ounces spinach, chopped spinach, or thawed if frozen
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper flakes
For the alfredo sauce
- 3/4 cup raw cashews, soaked in hot water for 15 mins, drain and use
- 1 1/4 cup broth(veggie stock) or water
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp Italian herbs such as thyme, oregano, basil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Miso
- 1 teaspoon all purpose flour , or corn/tapioca starch for glutenfree
For the rest of the lasagna
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 cup sliced onion
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced mushrooms
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 5-6 regular lasagna sheets broken into pieces,, or 8 no boil lasagna sheets, or use 2 cups dried pasta such as Farfalle
- 2 cups water or broth
Instructions
- Add oil to a large skillet over medium heat, then add garlic and cook until the garlic is starting to turn golden, then add in the spinach, salt and pepper flakes, and mix well.
- Once the spinach is wilted, take off heat, and remove the spinach from the skillet into a bowl. For frozen spinach, just cook until the excess the water has dried out, but the spinach still has a lot of vibrant color.
- For the sauce, blend all of the ingredients until smooth then set aside. You can blend for a minute, then wait for 5 minutes, so that the blended cashews rehydrate, and then blend again, so that the mixture will be smooth.
- For the Skillet Lasagna, heat oil in the same skillet, add the onion, mushroom, garlic, salt, and pepper, and cook until the onion is golden, 6-8 minutes. Stir occasionally in between.
- Add in the balsamic vinegar, and mix in and cook for another 2 minutes. Then add your broken lasagna sheets, water or broth, and about 3/4 of the blended alfredo sauce (or add just 1/4 of the sauce for faster cooking the. Add the remaining sauce at the next step and bring to a boil), and mix in. cover the skillet and cook for 12-14 minutes. Stir once in between so the sheets don’t stick to each other . If the mixture is thickening too much, add in 2-4 tbsp more water or broth.
- Once the lasagna sheets are cooked to preference, reduce the heat to low medium. Taste and adjust salt and flavor.
- Distribute the cooked garlic spinach all over the skillet, and drizzle the remaining alfredo sauce all over as well, then cover and cook for the two minutes, and take off heat.
- Let the skillet sit for a few minutes for the alfredo sauce to thicken a bit more, then serve with some extra pepper flakes on top if you like, or some toasted bread crumbs.
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Notes
- To make the pasta nut-free, you can use my nut-free Alfredo (pumpkin seeds or cauliflower). or use 7 oz silken or firm tofu instead of cashews, like my Spinach Artichoke Pasta Bake
- Miso substitute: and to make soyfree, use chickpea miso or 1 tablespoon more nutritional yeast.
- To make this Glutenfree, use Glutenfree lasagna or pasta
- For cheesier blend in 1/4 vegan cheese of choice with the cashew blend
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Ingredients and substitutes:
- as for the pasta you can use 6 regular lasagna sheets or 8 no-boil lasagna sheets. Or use 2 cups uncooked flat style pasta of choice. Use gluten-free, if you want.
- the best alfredo lasagna – really any white lasagna – will always have plenty of garlic, mushrooms, and spinach, so I am using that trifecta. You can omit the mushrooms if you like.
- For the alfredo sauce, we blend soaked cashews, with some broth, lemon juice, and Italian herbs. See recipe notes for Nutfree options
- Nutritional yeast and miso paste add the “cheesy” flavor to our vegan alfredo. To omit nutritional yeast, double the miso and leave out the yeast
- A touch of balsamic vinegar adds both sweetness and acidity when sauteeing the mushrooms – a great addition!
Tips:
- This skillet lasagna recipe is perfect for using up those broken lasagna sheets you always get at the bottom of the pack. You can also use other flat pasta of choice
- If you do not have miso, add more nutritional yeast – the same goes the other way round.
Add oil to a large skillet over medium heat, then add garlic and cook until the garlic is starting to turn golden, then add in the spinach, salt, and pepper flakes, and mix well.
Once the spinach is wilted, take off heat, and remove the spinach from the skillet into a bowl. For frozen spinach, just cook until the excess water has dried out, but the spinach still has its vibrant color.
For the vegan white sauce (alfredo sauce), blend all of the ingredients until smooth then set aside. You can blend for a minute, then wait for 5 minutes, so that the blended cashews rehydrate, and then blend again so that the mixture will be smooth.
Now, heat oil in the same skillet, add the onion, mushroom, garlic, salt, and pepper, and cook until the onion is golden, 6-8 minutes. Stir occasionally in between.
Add in the balsamic vinegar, and mix in and cook for another 2 minutes. Then add your lasagna sheets, the water or broth, and about 3/4 of the blended alfredo sauce, and mix in to cover the skillet and cook for 12-14 minutes. Stir once in between. If the mixture is thickening too much, add in 2-4 tbsp more water or broth.
Once the lasagna sheets are cooked to preference, reduce the heat to low medium.
Distribute the spinach all over the skillet, and drizzle the remaining alfredo sauce all over as well, then cover and cook for two minutes, and take off the heat.
Let the skillet sit for a few minutes for the alfredo sauce to thicken a bit more, then serve with some extra pepper flakes on top if you like, or some toasted bread crumbs.
Make-ahead instructions:
- You can make the vegan alfredo sauce ahead of time and store it in the fridge.
- If you want to speed this up even more, prepare balsamic mushrooms and spinach garlic mix ahead of time and store in a container, then continue with step 5.
Looks so good 😊 any ideas for omitting /replacing mushrooms ??
Swap mushrooms with thinly sliced zucchini or yellow squash, eggplant, or other soft veggies you like. Or you can omit mushrooms entirely and make the dish otherwise as-is.
Just made this for dinner after seeing it on Instagram and damn, it’s good! So creamy, the perfect amount of garlic, the red pepper flakes add that little bite to it, and the broken lasagna is just luxurious. I don’t like mushrooms so I subbed in thinly sliced zucchini and it was delicious. I’ll definitely be making this again!
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Wow!! This was a winner. This is why I own all 3 of your cookbooks!! We have a cashew allergy in our house so I made it with the silken tofu substitute and it worked perfectly. Only thing is that it barely fed 3 of us … definitely not 6 servings in our house as a main dish. Will double it next time for left-overs and there will be many more next times!!
thank you so much. -wow – sounds like everyone really liked it
This dish was AMAZING. I hate mushrooms and I loved it! So did the fam! I would definitely double the recipe to feed a family of 5. Two of our kids weren’t home and thank goodness because there would have been a fight! Thanks for such an awesome recipe!!!
wow, thanks Lulu
Everyone loved it. The sauce was so rich, quite extravagant! Took much longer to cook the pasta than stated in recipe. I also think I’ll add .5 tsp of onion powder to the sauce for additional flavor.
The pans and stoves change the time. So definitely adjust.
This looks delicious, wondering how/if it could be adjusted in some way to make it with rice instead of pasta?
Add 3/4 cup washed rice. Instead of using cashew cream, use 1.( cups water or broth and cook partially covered over medium low for 15 mins. Check if the rice is cooked. Make the cashew cream mixture with 3/4 cup water and add that to the rice. Bring to a simmer and continue. .
I love making your recipes so much! The ingredients are so different from my norm so I’m so interested in how it will turn out and they are just fantastic each time, this was no different. The cashew alfredo sauce is just SO SO GOOD!!
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Delicious! Will have to double the recipe next time because it was enjoyed so quickly.
Awesome!!!
This is heavenly and so easy to put together!! Will be making this again and again. Im gluten free and gluten free lasagna noodles cooked up just fine.
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While mine did not look like Richa’s photos, this was spectacular! My husband said it was one of the best meals I’ve made in years. (And I cook from scratch a lot.) It’s luxurious, creamy, special.
I followed the recipe to the letter, but added peas (since for some reason I think of alfredo with peas). I suggest a longer cashew soak, and definitely do the blend/wait/blend suggestion. Makes a huge difference.
So, so, good.
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