$14 Vs. $54 Vegan Lasagna
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2024
- Merle and Rachel compete in a vegan lasagna food challenge to see who can make the better broke vs expensive lasagna recipe. It will be up to Aria to taste test and determine the winner!
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Cheap Vegan Lasagna
Serves 9
INGREDIENTS
Tofu Ricotta
21 ounces extra-firm tofu
1½ tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
2 cloves garlic
½ teaspoon dried basil
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon pepper
Eggplant/Mushroom Sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ medium yellow onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound white button mushrooms, chopped
1 pound eggplant, diced
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
¾ cup inexpensive red wine
36 ounces jarred tomato sauce (reserve 1 cup)
16 ounces lasagna noodles
Dried basil, to taste
PREPARATION
In a food processor combine tofu, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, garlic, dried basil, salt, and pepper, and blend until smooth. Set aside.
To a large pan add olive oil. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until translucent. Add garlic and salt to taste, then cook another couple of minutes until fragrant. Add mushrooms and eggplant and saute for about 20 minutes until cooked down.
Add soy sauce, Italian seasoning, salt to taste, pepper to taste, red wine and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add in tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Par-cook your lasagna noodles for about 4-5 minutes
Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
In a 9x13 inch lasagna pan add ½ cup of reserved sauce to cover the bottom. Layer half-cooked lasagna noodles, then spread ricotta mixture over top, followed by sauce. Repeat until finished and top lasagna noodles with remaining ½ cup reserved sauce and dried basil to taste. Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake for 25 minutes, remove aluminum foil and bake for 5 more minutes.
Allow to cool about 10-15 minutes then cut into ninths, serve.
Enjoy!
Inspired by:
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tasty.co/recipe/vegan-lasagna
Expensive Vegan Lasagna
Serves 9
INGREDIENTS
Cashew Ricotta
3 cups raw cashews
6 tablespoons nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons lemon juice
¾ cup cup extra virgin olive oil
1½ cups fresh basil, lightly packed
3 cloves garlic
1½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ cup water
“Meat” Sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ medium yellow onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
18 ounces ground Impossible meat
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
¾ cup expensive red wine
Salt, to taste
42 ounces crushed San Marzano tomatoes (reserve 1 cup)
8 ounces shredded vegan mozzarella cheese
16 ounces lasagna noodles
PREPARATION:
Make the pesto ricotta. In a blender, combine the cashews, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, olive oil, basil, garlic, salt, pepper, and water. Blend until smooth.
To a large saucepan add the olive oil over medium heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes until fragrant.
Add the Impossible meat, breaking it up with your spoon, and cook for about five minutes or until browned.
Add tomato paste, Italian seasoning, red wine, and salt to taste, then cook for 2 minutes.
Add crushed tomatoes and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook for 25-30 minutes.
Par-cook your lasagna noodles for about 4-5 minutes
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a 9x13 inch lasagna pan add ½ cup crushed tomatoes to cover the bottom, then layer half-cooked lasagna noodles, then spread ricotta mixture over top, followed by “meat” mixture and then mozzarella shreds. Repeat until you run out of ricotta and meat sauce, then add the last noodle layer and top with the other ½ cup crushed tomatoes and cheese. Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake for 25 minutes, then remove aluminum foil and bake for 5 more minutes.
Allow to cool about 10-15 minutes then cut into ninths, serve.
Enjoy!
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Rachel needs to host a “vegan on a budget” show. Or write a cookbook. She’s so good at being frugal!
Yessss
How do u buy 13 cents worth of garlic :|
Lunar Wolf you sneak a clove in with your onions
I would buy her cookbook, seriously
I’m uee
Both dishes seem delicious and tasty, great job! As an Italian lasagne lover I'll give you a tip: you actually don't need ricotta to make a lasagna, bc the "white sauce" in the original recipe is bechamel, which is really easier to veganize than ricotta, and a lot cheaper too!
And it tastes just as delicous! :)
what would you put in a vegan bechamel?
@@marcya4428 it's just flour butter and milk I'm guessing can just be substituted with margarine and almond milk or something
I always use Vegab Butter, Flour, Plantmilk an Spices. Und Nutritional Yeast, for Cheesy Flavor.
It even gets nice brown on top.
In the last few minutes, I put roasted Breadcrumbs with Nooch on top - tastes nearly like Parmesan..
Yeah I was thinking that! I’ve never had ricotta in my lasagne. Lasagne is my cheap meal that I make when I’m lazy and need food for the week 😅
Tip from an italian family to make a GOOD but still not overly expensive lasagna:
make (vegan) bechamel sauce at home (the more the better)
make the 'meat sauce' with a lot of (quality) tomato sauce and probably not as much 'meat' as you think it needs.
(Suggested meat substitutes: mushrooms and ground walnuts, vegan ground or dried TSP --> choose what you or your guest likes best).
Before assembling cook the pasta in boiling water for 2 minutes, this will prevent it from absorbing all the sauce while in the oven.
A good lasagna is a soft lasagna drowning in sauce.
If you use the grill function for a few minutes the upper part of your lasagna should become crispy even if you don't use any cheese.
Good luck!
Thank you why no one cook the damn noodles😑😑😑😑😑😑 I thought I was the only one
Thank you!
Thank you a lot! Im french and I didn’t understand what TSP was😅 can you explain please?
i was a little shook when i saw them making ricotta. never seen anyone make lasagna without bechamel sauce
Sali TSP is textured vegetable protein. It looks a little like dehydrated ground beef but it contains no animal. I like the Bobs Red Mill brand.
I'm a simple gal: I see Merle, I click
I guess that means I'm a simple guy then...
What about a Rich and a Broke version of Vegan Pot Pie?
Yessss
Hmm I can't seem to think of what would go in the high end vegan pot pie? Are there good fancy mock chick'n options?
@@smk7490 Seitan I guess....but it's not that expensive...
Now we’re talkin
@Southy Because Merle is vegan and makes vegan videos! Rachel lives eco-friendly and meat is not
I loved seeing Rachel throw a little salt over her shoulder for luck before putting it in
In my country we do that because it’s bad luck if you accidentally throw salt on the ground so u gotta do that to counteract it 🤣 🧙🏼
Lol you can’t see but I spilled some so that’s
what I did it 😂
Rachel Gaewski lol. Witches for life 🧙🏼🧙🏼
SAME!! I don't think I've ever seen a chef on tv or even YT do it. Immediately endeared her to me. It's an impulse for me anytime I spill salt, my whole fam does it.
@@veronicabellorin7501 ur from argentina?
I love this challenge! It shows veganism can be as cheap or as expensive as you make it. Merle showed out with the Impossible and I love that Rachel called her out on it. LOL!! Work that $54.
This video literally showed nothing helpful. She used a $30 bottle of wine. Really the difference in their budget at that point was almost nothing.
Bridget Cotter take the wine out than and the ingredients are still fairly cheap. You literally got two cheap lasagna recipes (minus the wine) but sure, nothing “helpful”. Way to be positive 👍🏼
@@cotterbridget2020 She didn’t use the entire bottle lol. They measure the price by how much of the product they actually use. But, if you think that was the only difference, you must have zoned out during most of the video.
I have *no beef* with either one of those!
You're doing the Lord's work with these Dad jokes.
DUDE HOW DO I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
No but I might fight them cos I’ve a bad tempeh 👺
Dad, stop, you’re embarrassing me in front of my friends.
All the lasagna "purists" can go sit down. Nearly every single region of Italy has their own different version of lasanga and there isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to make "Lasagna" in general.
Okay update: I made Rachel’s version and it’s bomb-tofu ricotta really slaps guys👌🏽
Actually Italian lasagne doesn't call for ricotta! Just make bechamel with unsweetened soy milk and flour, it will be cheaper and tastier!! If you're feeling fancy add a bit of nutritional yeast haha
As for a cheap meat substitute, I think lentils would be the winner, as they don't shrink like mushrooms! Just make sure to season them well😋
What kind of seasoning would you recommend? (I'm a total beginner when it comes to lentils as well as with lasagna)
@@smudge8882 Hey Mudge,when it comes to lasagne I like to add to the tomato sauce with lentils seasonings like black pepper, oregano, a tablespoon of soy sauce for umami flavour, garlic, a tiny bit of rosemary or thyme, sometimes red wine... Mainly Mediterranean flavours :)
@@fogonveganoasmr6973 Thank you!! :)
Hey Merle and Rachel, that was a fun challenge!!! Loved it and they both looked delicious!!!🤤 Can you do NACHOS next?!🤩
I love this Ideaaaaaa YEEEEES I need a Merle nachos recipe
MORE OF THIS!!! MORE MERLE RACHEL!!! loved it!!!!
She should have used Kite Hill ricotta in the expensive one.
Hmmmm our usernames look similar....
@Kyle Baker 😆
Agree! I love their ricotta 💕💕
I was shocked with how expensive Cashews are in the US!
Here in some parts of Brazil you could buy a package of 1kg for 2USD or less!
I'm glad Rachel got cheaper. She rocks the low budget recipes.
THIS DUO SHOULD DO MORE VIDS TOGETHER!!!!! As for recipes I'd like to see you do, how about a vindaloo (most are vegan IIRC) or maybe a hearty vegetable stew with summer or winter veggies?
I LOVED Rachel's cheap zucchini lentil recipe and I would love to see a lot more cheap vegan dishes from her! She is different!
I love these videos and I love Merle! Thanks for sharing all this fun vegan content with us!
Aria- “I hope I’m not sleeping on the couch tonight!”
Merl-“you sure are!” 😂😂
Now we know who's the boss of the household 🤣🤣
I feel like Aria is Merle’s true other half, now she is complete and she is completely blooming...
So happy for her seriously
Lmao southy didn’t you just comment to someone talking about fresh tomatoes to “mind your own business” and here you are not noticing aria was male and being a snoop =/ I mean that’s a good question but you’re being a huge hypocrite
@Southy Aria is the guy who tasted the lasagnas in the end. Him and Merle are dating. So no, Merle and Rachel are not a lesbian couple.
The were flirting like crazy in the chocolate chip cookie video, so this doesn't surprise me. How long have they been dating?
Love this collab! Yall make me laugh through the whole video. We need more of this!
Such a great video 😂❤ this is what I love to see. Original videos that are genuine!
I love this segment! It helps me figure out how to eat Vegan on a budget and gives me ideas for something delicious and quick!
So the lesson I’m taking is that you can use red wine vinegar on the expensive one and bring the price down to $25.
it's official...
merlchel is a thing now
Instead of using ricotta, you could also make a bechamel sauce. That's what I'm used to.
I have been living for all of Goodful's vegan content!! I remember when Tasty Vegetarian launched and it was a huge thing, but plant based is truly different. Keep it up :))
I would do merles meat sauce with rachels ricotta but also with slices of grilled eggplant 🙌🏻🤤
Totally thought that about the eggplant
Wow! I love this video. Great energy from everyone and I definitely am interested in making the $14 lasagna! (sorry Merle! I’m broke! no cashews for Katie). This is my favorite content from my favorite creators- keep up the GREAT WORK! ❤️
Doesn't matter what y'all choose to do the two of you together is a hit. Definitely need more of this.
I just LOVE these ladies! They always make me smile, and I always learn something.
I love the way the budget lasagna looks! Looks absolutely delicious!
Can they please have their series together?! Love the approach and the view on vegan lifestyle
Recipes are limitless what can be done in this way
Love it! You guys are great! Thanks for sharing!
The cheaper version is the version I would go for because I can't afford the expensive version unless it's a treat.😋
I'd like to see rich vs broke vegan Thanksgiving/holiday meal
Love the mushroom/eggplant combo. TVP would've been a good choice too, it's pretty inexpensive as well
I’ve just discovered this channel and I love it!
Such a cool video! New subscriber from france, sending you love!
So wholesome, so clean, so sweet.. coming from a non - vegan or vegetarian. They both look sooo delicious! I want them both!
GOODFUL, please, we need more Rachel vs Merle cheap vs expensive challenges!!!
"Yes hello store person, I would like to purchase a singular pinch of salt"
Omggg just made Rachels version and its so so good :P defo making it again
Love how we had worth it and make it fancy all in one episode
Delicious! Made the budget friendly version and it was amazing. Even my two older sons ( not vegan) liked it. Will make again for sure.
Both recipes are good! Great job
Please make an entire show out of this concept!
I like Rachel and Mel together, they are so fun and sweet and just radiate happiness
I love both Rachel and Merle!
I love the Ríe reference 😭💜 i adore her!
This video was great!! Thanks for sharing! 😂👌🏼👌🏼
Love this video. You guys are great
Both look delicious! Little tip: mix in olive oil yourself AFTER you blend all the other ingredients for the cashew ricotta cheese because olive oil has a bitter compound which are separated from the oils in a blender or a food processor, making the whole thing taste a bit bitter
Can we please have more of Merle and Rachel and more videos like this please 😝😋😊
It's 2am and now I'm hungry lol. Thanks guys
That’s awesome! I’m definitely going to try the $14 recipe
i love these two together. and i agree, we need to give rachel a show where she recreates things on a tight budget. vegan cheesecake on a budget? vegan thanksgiving on a budget? vegan bbq on a budget? just throwing some ideas i think she'd be great at it. love her attitude towards saving money
Brilliant! Great to watch your cooking & friendship! You must have a scream together!! 😁😁😁
Both dishes look so delicious!!😀
Vegan enchiladas!! I’d love to see a episode on this.
I ever watch this vídeos with a smile on face, it's fascinating
I'll definitely try the cheaper one, where I live it's not easy or cheap to find vegan meat. But also as a vegan I don't really like to make my food resemble real meat or cheese but I know some people really miss that.
Such a great videos...thanks guys...I'd love to see you do a pizza
Loved this!
You guys are the best!
If just the wine was $30... then the meal was basically just $24
advise to the producers: the constant “ca-ching” noise really makes me anxious and it would be nicer if the price was just displayed
Autistic people bel like:
@@sadimedreob4586 lol! We’re out here!
I’ll try the broke version tomorrow. It looks fantastic !
Fun fact: I recommend growing basil the seeds/plant is very cheap for me so i can have basil all year around and when winter comes i just dry it
I use silken tofu for the ricotta, and soak tvp and mushrooms in liquid aminos and rice wine, then simmered in a fire roasted tomato sauce
Gosh.... I love Merle
10:39 "I would make a love child out of these two lasagnas". I would LOVE to see that! It would be interesting to see how much a pan of that would be comparatively.
I would too. I can let go of the meat, I made a pretty good mushroom "meat sauce" the other day. I might use something that's not tofu for cheese though.
Would love to see desserts in this format - cakes or pies, maybe?
Watching these videos makes me want to try more vegan cooking!
Yaaaaaaaah!!! Lasanga my favorite I was wondering how to veganize this thanks both recipes look amazing I am going to try both. Thanks girls you both seem like sweet people good job ladies😍😍😍💝💝
I've done the ricotta as tofu and garlic hummus mix but definitely wanna try with the yeast
Both look amazing.
Recipes from the USA are the only ones where I see people using ricotta instead of bechamel sauce
A dessert of any kind will be helpful for me 😊
Rich and Resourceful versions: Sushi, Thanksgiving, and Sandwiches
Love this!
I would love a mix of both of them
I'd love to see Merle try to recreate the farmer's lasagna from Sage Vegan Bistro (LA vegan spot). I'm not even vegan or vegetarian and it's the BEST lasagna I've ever had!
Very cool!! You should make “meatloaf” next!
Would you guys consider trying out a Sauce Stache recipe?
Aria - "I hope I'm not sleeping on the couch today".
Merle- " you sure are". 🤓
Good timing as I was planning on making vegan lasagne tonight. Now I'm in the mood.
Maybe try a bechamel sauce instead of the tofu ricotta. It's just oil, flour, whatever alternative milk you want, and seasoning, might bind it better and make it richer without the vegan cheese.
Cybercraft sorry, a little late. I didn't use their recipe but I did use one with tofu ricotta. In the oven now. Sounds good though and thanks for the suggestion. The tofu ricotta will be really good too though I'm sure. 😋
@@foxwithsocks47 darn! Lol. I bet it will be too tough. Happy eating! 😀
Cybercraft sorry but that's not very nice. I think it'll be really good.
@@foxwithsocks47 ? I was not being mean. I was agreeing with you. There are many ways to make delicious lasagna. I'm sorry if it came across rude.
More please 😋!
I LOVE the Rie reference ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Merle seemed so devastated when she lost 😭😂
the best lasagne i make are SO cheap cause all you need is bechamel sauce (milk, butter/oil and flour), and i make traditional italian ragù using lentils instead of the meat and it's absolutely deliciuos and also really easy to make. (i also add some grated cheese cause im vegetarian)
10:29 this literally made me burst out loud laughing I cannot deal lmao
Love you guys.....lets get some enchiladas going!!
I have made the cheaper lasgne and it turned out AMAZING!!!
Hi! Good ideas, they all look amazing... But if you want to try a cheeper recipe (more similar to the Italian one 😉) you can:
- prepare a lentil ragú (fry the onion in a pan with olive oil, add lentils with fresh rosemary and laurel leaves if you like, stir for 3-5 minutes, then add tomatoe sauce. Boil slowly for 30 minutes to some hours if you want more tasty)
- prepare vegan besciamella sauce (500 ml of rice milk, 40 ml of olive oil, 40 g of whole grain flour, salt pepper and nutmeg. Here the method www.vegolosi.it/ricette-vegane/besciamella-vegan/. It's in italian, sorry, but you have to add oil and flour stirring constantly. Then add the milk,and continue stirring until boiling and after until the besciamella it's creamy. Then flavour with the spices)
- assemble the lasagna in the classic method. If you want a more cheesy flavour you can add in any layer a sprinkle of nutritional yeast.
- in the top of lasagna sprinkle with fake parmesan cheese prepared blending nutritional yeast with almond or cashews. Or only nutritional yeast.
Easy, cheep and delicious 😉
USE CLOVESSS FOR ANY TOMATO MEATSAUCE. Gives basil delicious flavor
Can you guys do Rich vs Broke Burgers!!
Bechamel with homemade oat milk is dirt cheap and you get a couple of bucks for a cheap veggie ground haha
When I make a veg lasagna I use soy cream(Alpro cuisine) with a pinch of nutmeg as white sauce.