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This week I made the Colorful Vegetable Lasagna from Cooking Light. The lasagna was good, but the truth is I really loved the marinara that I made to go in the lasagna. Cooking Light’s Basic Marinara Sauce is delicious. I was a little surprised by some the ingredients listed in the recipe, but the end result was a wonderfully rich sauce. The two ingredients that surprised me the most were chicken broth (I substituted vegetable) and balsamic vinegar. I could understand the balsamic because vinegar (as with other acids) helps to punch up the flavor of any dish. The vegetable broth gave the marinara a depth of flavor in the background. It wasn’t that you could pick out the broth, but it rounded out the sauce nicely. I had fresh herbs, so I replaced the dry with fresh - remember fresh herbs aren’t as potent, so you need to use more.
The lasagna was very delicious and definitely something I would make again, but Cooking Light’s marinara sauce may be my new “basic”. If you are looking for good vegetarian dishes, check out Cooking Light, often times I find really great dishes at their website.