Shelli McConnell
Shelli McConnell graduated with a bachelor of science in consumer food science and a minor in journalism from Iowa State University. She began her career as a home economist in the Better Homes & Gardens test kitchen before moving into an editorial position within DotDash Meredith. She has since freelanced for 25 years and has served as an editorial project manager for many books and magazines, including three editions of the Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book. She has also developed thousands of recipes for publications including Forks Over Knives magazine; Eat This, Not That!; Diabetic Living; Better Homes & Gardens; The Magnolia Journal; and more. McConnell loves to entertain and inspire, so when she’s not in her office, she’s usually in her kitchen. Find her on LinkedIn.
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Like many FoK recipes, if you follow the recipe to a T it will be very dry and could benefit from adding more vegetables. So I added onion, blistered cherry tomatoes (to add more moisture), a lot of spinach and more of all the vegetables listed. I agree with the other comments that the sauce came out too thick – probably had to add another 2/3 c almond milk. Also suggest adding a ton of basil to the sauce to make it more flavorful because as is it is really lacking. I used garbanzo bean lasagna sheets and did not cook them before, and it turned out perfectly. Highly recommend if you make a few edits!
Can the cashews be substituted with something else? Allergies prevent use of cashews. thank you
Made this recipe last week. Mine did not look as pretty – but tasted fantastic. My sauce turned out thick – I’ll add more almond milk next time. Spinach would make a nice substitute for chard.
At last, a recipe without nutritional yeast. Thank you!
You and me! I hate nutritional yeast. It does not taste “cheesy” it tastes awful.
Can this be made ahead?
Can you use no-boil noodles in this recipe?
My husband made this dish last night and it was delish! Only suggestion I have would be to double the sauce. This one’s a keeper!!!!!
We loved this recipe. Very easy white sauce, may use as a base for other sauces.