Mexican Lasagna!

our beautiful, beautiful sister lucy is here from australia for just one week. so to welcome her, we're making this fusion food of mexican lasagna! complete with layers of a veggies, fake meat, and chilli beans, as well as a deeelicious cheesy sauce... a most wonderful & hearty meal!!

serves 7
ingredients:
1 large red capsicum
1 large green capsicum
1 large brown onion
1 large red onion
4 cloves garlic
1 cans of tomatoes
1 can chilli beans
1 can fake mince meat (if you cant find any, just use another can of beans!)
1 pack instant lasagna sheets
3 tsp paprika
3 Tbsp olive oil
sprinkle of pepper
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 vegetable stock cube
1 Tbsp tuimato sauce
raw cashews & mixed herbs, to serve

& for cheesy sauce:
2 Tbsp margarine
1/4 cup wholemeal flour (stoneground)
1 Tbsp miso paste
3/4 cup almond milk
1 Tbsp tahini
2 Tbsp miso paste
1 Tbsp tomato sauce/paste
juice of half a lemon
1 tsp agave nectar
1/2 cup salsa


directions:
1. heat up some oil in a pan & saute roughly chopped onions, minced garlic & slivered capsicums for 5 minutes
2. stir in can of tomatoes & fake mince, as well as soy sauce, paprika, pepper, apple cider vinegar, stock cube, and tuimato sauce & cook for a further 10-15 minutes
3. make your cheesy sauce *
4. now begin with your layering of the lasagna! pour veggie and fake meat mix in a deep casserole dish, cover with lasagna pasta sheets & then cheesy sauce over that. for the next layer, pour in chilli beans & then another layer of pasta sheets & finally another layer of cheesy sauce & top with cashews and mixed herbs. cover with tin foil
5. bake in a 200 C oven for 40-60 minutes, until the lasagna sheets are tender!

*for cheesy sauce:
1. melt margarine in a large pot & once melted, mix in flour until a paste is formed
2. turn the heat to low and slowly add in the rest of the ingredients