Vegetable Strata
For a delicious “meatless” meal this Vegetable Strata dish can be served by itself, with a salad, or as a side with your choice of protein. For a Vegan version of this recipe, use a dairy-free Italian-inspired cheese.
Vegetable Strata
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Marinara Sauce
- 3-4 garlic cloves, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 14.5 or 15 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp. Stevia or Xylitol granules to taste
- garlic powder to taste
- garlic salt to taste
- extra virgin olive oil
Ingredients for the Strata Assembly
- 1 large zucchini, cut into thin circles
- 1 yellow squash, cut into thin circles
- 1 large sweet potato Bake (or microwave) the sweet potato, skin and when cooled, slice into thin circles.
- 1 cauliflower head, sliced into thin, flat, steak-like pieces
- 3/4 c. fresh basil, chopped
- 1.5-2 c. goat cheese crumbles
- extra virgin olive oil
Preparation
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F
- Spread a bit of the tomato sauce over the bottom of a Pyrex dish.
- Add a layer of zucchini.
- Add sauce, basil, and goat cheese crumbles over the top of the zucchini layer.
- Add a layer of sweet potato.
- Add sauce, basil, goat cheese.
- Add a layer of cauliflower slices.
- Add more sauce, basil, and goat cheese.
- For the final layer, add a layer of yellow squash, marinara, basil, and goat cheese.
- Spray (or drizzle) olive oil over the top of the strata.
- Bake strata for 1.5 hours approximately, checking frequently after the one-hour mark to ensure the strata doesn’t burn.
