Who wants brinner?! Breakfast for dinner that is! It's one of the best ideas ever invented.
Well, this week I participated in a group collab on YouTube where a lot of talented vegan foodtubers created drool-worthy brinner dishes. My contribution was this super scrumptious vegan breakfast lasagna!
Check out the playlist here with all the videos or visit these blogs for more recipes!
Meat Free Athlete
Two Market Girls
Now watch how I made this delicious recipe in the video below!
vegan breakfast lasagna
Dinner meets breakfast with this flavorful and savory breakfast lasagna.
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Ingredients
tofu & vegetable layers
- 1 x 350 g/12 oz brick of firm tofu
- 1 C finely chopped green bell pepper (about 1 pepper)
- ½ C thinly sliced leek (about ½ a bulb)
- ¼ C finely chopped green onion (about 2 onions)
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon kala namak/black salt (optional)
hollandaise sauce
- 2 C unsweetened nondairy milk
- ¼ C vegan butter
- 1 tablespoon tapioca flour
- 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 C vegan mozzarella style shreds
- ½ teaspoon kala namak/black salt (optional)
additional layer ingredients:
- 2 vegan sausages (about 1 heaping cup crumbled)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 C vegan mozzarella style shreds
- ½ C packed baby spinach
- ½ C red salsa
- 280 g /10 oz quick-cooking brown rice lasagna (12 pack)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Drain tofu from the packaging water and squeeze excess water from the brick using a tea towel or paper towels. Crumble into a bowl and combine with the remaining tofu and vegetable ingredients and set aside.
- Crumble the vegan sausage and brown in a pan over medium-high heat with vegetable oil for 3 to 4 minutes. Then add maple syrup, toss to coat the sausage crumble, and turn off heat.
- Combine the ingredients for the hollandaise sauce except for the vegan cheese shreds and kala namak together in a saucepan and whisk over medium heat for about 6 to 7 minutes until foamy and bubbling. Stir in 1 cup of vegan cheese shreds and whisk for another 2 minutes until melted. Then off the heat whisk in kala namak until combined.
- Use a ½ cup of hollandaise sauce to coat the bottom of an 8 ½" x 8 ½" (or 8" x 8" or 9" x 9") glass baking dish.
- You’ll need to break the lasagna noodles to fit in the dish, but you’ll end up using all the pieces. You'll layer broken pieces to make a few rows of noodles – which won’t make a difference once it’s baked. First, layer 4 rows of noodles across slightly overlapping. Then add ½ the tofu mixture, then another ½ cup of hollandaise sauce. Layer 4 more rows of noodles across in the opposite direction of the first layer. Then layer all the sausage evenly on top and pour another ½ cup of hollandaise sauce on top ensuring to get some out to the edges.
- Layer a ½ cup of baby spinach and another layer of noodles in the opposite direction of the last layer. At this point, gently press the whole thing with the palms of your hands into the baking dish just to compress it a bit. Then add the remaining tofu mixture and pour another ½ cup of hollandaise sauce over it. Add one last noodle layer in the opposite direction of the last layer. Here you will need to use pieces of the broken noodles to complete the layer. Then sprinkle a ½ cup of vegan cheese shreds evenly on top and drizzle the remaining hollandaise sauce (about ¼ cup) on top.
- Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove foil. Top with spoonfuls of salsa and spread it around the top out to the edges. Top with another ½ cup of vegan cheese shreds. Bake another 15 minutes or until the top is lightly browned, the cheese is melted, and the inside is bubbling.
- Let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes before cutting, which will help keep the layers in tact. To serve, slice into squares using a sharp knife.
Nikki Dillard
Think you could assemble this dish in advance and freeze it? That way all you had to do was pull it out and cook it when ready to eat?
Lauren Toyota
not sure how the tofu would stand up?! BUT I'm going to guess yes. However I can't be responsible for the results 😉 give it a try.
Nolan
What brand of vegan sausage do you use/recommend?
Jenn
Can't wait to make this!! What vegan cheese shreds do you use? There are some I've tried and hated...would love your opinion ☺
naama
Great! love it, you should also try this <a href="http://casualient.com/14K2">awesome food blog</a> of this nice vegan couple who cook together.
Lindsay
I made this but instead of doing the pre-made sausage, used beyond beef crumbles seasoned with sage, fennel, thyme, garlic, red pepper flakes, and maple syrup. It was amazing! Thank you for such a great recipe!
Vivian
Lovely recipe, carnivore approved! After making the lasagna, which the carnivore family absolutely loved (I'm the only veg in the family), I kept making the scrambled tofu and hollandaise for vegan "benedicts". My boyfriend finds your hollandaise sauce better tasting than the original. Thanks for sharing your tasty creative recipes and keep up the great work! Much love
What Taylor Likes
Great job! Love your newsletters. Glad you made a video of this recipe. Can't wait to try it!
Christine Lee
Yeah, what the f*ck, lauren. This is so damn good. I used soyrizo instead of sausage and it turned out beautifully. Omni family approved.
Taylor McAneney
Looks amazing! Can't wait to try this. If you use regular lasagna noodles instead of brown rice do you think you need to cook them first? Thanks!
Chipley Clarke
Do you think you could sub the Mozza recipe from your cookbook? I can't stomach storebought vegan cheeses.
Megan
The best, make all the time for guests!
Lauren Toyota
woo hoo! I love this one too 😀