What Vegetables Go With Lasagna?

Many vegetables go well with lasagna.

Lasagna is a rich dish with its layers of cheese, noodles and sauce. You can serve vegetables with it to help make it healthier. You can also add vegetables to the layers of lasagna for some extra nutrition, too. Many vegetables go well with or in lasagna.

Raw Sides

To serve a salad with lasagna, choose leafy greens you like, such as spinach or lettuce. Top the greens with shaved carrots, sliced tomatoes, cucumber slices or cabbage. Use a light dressing with olive oil to preserve the flavor of the vegetables.

Cooked Sides

You can quickly steam fresh broccoli to complement lasagna.

Use green vegetables as a cooked side dish for lasagna. You can saute or steam them. Steamed broccoli stays crunchy if steamed for five to 10 minutes and adds color to the meal. You could also serve spinach, green beans, asparagus or zucchini.

Raw Layers

You can add raw vegetables inside the layers of the lasagna, and the baking will cook them. For this, you can use zucchini or spinach. Chopping the vegetables into bite-size pieces or smaller can help disguise them from children who may not like them.

Sauteed Layers

Eggplant can be added to lasagna layers.

With little preparation, you can add some more flavor to lasagna, and nutrients, by sauteing some vegetables ahead of time. This will make the vegetables more tender. Chop onions, garlic, mushrooms, peppers, carrots, summer squash, broccoli or eggplant, then saute the vegetable or vegetables of your choice in olive oil.

References

• Epicurious: Eggplant and Spinach Lasagna Spirals
• Simply Recipes: Steamed Broccoli
• Martha Stewart: Lasagna Four Ways