Julia Roberts' recipe: My family's favourite dinner!

Hi everyone,

I must have been making this lasagne dish for about 15 years - it pre-dated the move to the house I live in now, and we've been there 13 and a half years! I made it Saturday night after the footie (which we lost!) and the comments were: Sophie - yummy, Daniel - delicious and Chris - very nice!

Incidentally, if you're making it for three people, or two with very large appetites, you can leave out the middle layer of pasta.

So try it yourself and I hope you enjoy it!

Love,

Julia

xx

Julia's vegetarian lasagne recipe

Ingredients:

9 sheets of green lasagne

4oz walnut pieces

8oz frozen chopped spinach

8oz cottage cheese

1 onion

1 clove garlic

1 tin of chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp tomato puree

black pepper to taste

For the cheese sauce:

1 pint skimmed milk

2oz plain wholemeal flour

2 oz margarine

4 oz mature cheddar

2 tbsp grated parmesan

Pre-heat oven to 200'C (400F / Gas Mark 6)

1. Place spinach in petal steamer in saucepan and steam for about five minutes
2. Chop walnuts quite finely and mix with cottage cheese and spinach
3. Chop onion and garlic and soften in a little olive oil
4. Add tinned tomatoes, tomato puree and black pepper. Bring to boil, cover and simmer while you make the cheese sauce
5. Melt margarine in non-stick pan, add flour and cook for a minute. Add milk while whisking gently with a balloon whisk. When thoroughly mixed, turn up heat and bring to boil stirring constantly. Take off heat and then stir in grated cheddar
6. Lightly grease lasagne dish and line with three sheets of lasagne. Pour half of cheese sauce followed by half of tomato sauce over, then cover with three more lasagne sheets. Cover those with spinach/walnut/cottage cheese mixture, then spread over remainder of tomato sauce. Place final three lasagne sheets over this, cover with cheese sauce and sprinkle with parmesan
7. Place in oven for 30 minutes. Allow to sit for a minute before serving with salad and garlic ciabatta

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Comments

[Mrs Burns]

Hi Julia, love your shows-the details you give-but most of all the way you cheer everyone up with your lovely personality.

[Lill from Manchester]

Hi Julia - Like the sound of the Vegetarian Lasagne. Everybody keeps mentioning your Chocolate Cake please could I have a copy as me and my granddaughter love baking at weekends together, she is only 11 yrs old.

[rose preece]

hi julia please could i have chocolate cake receipe two thank you

[rose preece]

to julia please could i also have chocolate cake receipe thank you

[christine]

Hi Julia, please would you be kind enough to send me your chocolate cake recipe and as its coming up to that time of year again your Christmas cake recipe, thank you so much, looking forward to seeing you on QVC tonight with Yankee candles,

[chrissie]

hi julia, you are my favourite presenter,you give all the important details, such as sizes, you tell us which size you are wearing to help us choose the right size further, your honest and just REAL,( YOU AND KATHY ARE ALIKE IN THAT WAY)YOU DESCRIBE PERFECTLY WITHOUT ALL THE EFUSIVE, AMAZING AND BRILLIANT ECT, YOU ALSO TAKE ME THROUGH ALL THE EMOTIONS FROM HAPPY TO SAD,( YOU HAD ME IN IN TEARS ON YOUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY) BUT THATS OK, THATS WHATS SPECIAL ABOUT YOU,(DONT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN LIKE FOOTBALL THO, BUT HEY EACH TO THEIR OWN) I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE PLEASE, THANK YOU JULIA

[marie]

hi julia can u email me the recipe 4 ur choc cake as my 2 daughters aged 14 an 12 are dyin 2 try it an keep complainin bcos ive not mailed an asked u thanx ,luv all the jewellery shows got loads white gold an silver are my fav an i tried birkis 4 the 1st time this yr an im totally hooked got 4 pair now since the tsv back in march ...take care .marie :))

[jeanette hook]

your recipe sounds delicious and i am not even a vegetarian. but what is this about a chocolate cake recipe, i have obviously been asleep!! please share.

[Margo]

Truly delicious, the smell was a clue, but the taste was to die for!

[Ann]

Made your Lasagne recipe tonight it was delicious my husband raved about it. Shall certainly make it again.. Thanks for sharing

[Sharon]

Hi Julia

Chocolate cake!!!!!!!!! what chocolate cake????? Could I have your recipe too please and if my memory serves me correctly, you made a very yummy fruit/Christmas cake ..... could I have that recipe tooooooo please.

Love and hugs xxxxx

[Catherine Mulryan]

Hi Julie
Im dieing to try this recipe. Please please could I have your chocolate cake recipe

[Elaine]

Julia: Absolutely loved your lasagne. Can I just say I and all my family think you are the best presenter and in the same category as Alison Young, whom I absolutely adore for her beauty knowledge. You are an inspiration to all older ladies;you make me smile, laugh and sometimes cry. I love your honesty and you are without a shadow of doubt the best and most interesting presenter with fashion and jewellery; who needs models when they have you!! xx

[lesley el hamamy]

we loved this lasagne which is a great alternative to meat could i have your chocolate cake recipe thanks

[SUE SMITH]

Hi Julia,
I tried your lasngne recipe it was lovely my husband thought so as well and he is very hard to please,
I love your shows on Q.V.C. especially when your on with Simon wilson

[marie tatton]

hi julia, thanks for your recipe it was great also a quick comment your presenting is the tops you show the younger staff how it should be done

[Angela Harvey]

Hi Julia,

Think you are a brilliant presenter and wanted to let you know that your recipe for the lasagne worked like a treat. I invited my vegeterian and footie friends over last night and every last morsel was eaten (with comments like delicious and can I have a second helping please). Absolutely fabulous and exceedingly delicious. Definitely want to try your chocolate cake recipe. Look forward to receiving this if possible.
Thank you - Love Angela

[Louise Hollow]

I have been looking for a recipe like this for ages after having one similar when I was out for a meal - I have been diagnosed as Coeliac but it shouldn't be too hard to adapt
Cheers Julia x

[jo clancy]

this sounds delicious i can't wait to try it.
xxxx
jo

[Sue McMullen]

Sounds great. Will definitely try this. But ditto the request for the choc cake that I've heard you mention. You just can't have enough recipes for chocolate cake so I'd love to know yours. I also hit the big 'Hawaii' this year and you are an absolute inspiration!

[julie]

Dear Julia i love your programmes and i would love your chocolate cake recipe i adore chocolate and love a chocolate cake with ganache filling and on top,naughty but nice
thank you Julie

[Pauline]

Hi Julia sounds lovely, please please could we have your chocolate cake recipe.

[Barbara Moseley]

sounds delicious. Sorry THEY lost ---I know what the atmosphere can be like in our house when Leeds lose, with my husband!!!!! Are you all veggies in your household?