Preparation / Directions:
Sauce Use the first 8 ingredients to make the sauce. Roast the red peppers, and all the onions and garlic. (to roast onion and garlic in a microwave) place an un pealed onion in microwave for 5 minutes on high. In the last 2 minutes add garlic cloves. Combine peppers, onion, garlic, tomato (peeled, seeded and diced), thyme and stock in a sauce pan; simmer for 15 minutes. Transfer to food processor or blender, add pepper sauce and balsamic vinegar and then puree. Set aside.
Lasagna--
Cook lasagna noodles per instructions, drain and rinse with cold water. Wash spinach leaves and steam Chop coarsely.In a non-stick skillet combine onions, tomatoes, garlic and mushrooms; simmer until liquid evaporates, about 15 minutes. Let cool then add ricotta cheese, swiss cheese, basil, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix well. In an oiled 9X13 baking dish, put down a layer of noodles. Top with a layer of spinach, then onion-and-tomato mixture, then parmesan.
Repeat layers until all ingredients are gone. Bake in a 350 oven for 40 minutes. Serve with tomato-red bell pepper sauce on top.
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