Lasagna Roll Ups Recipe
What do you make for Dinner when it's -10 below zero, your car doesn't start and you live 12 miles from the nearest grocery store?
You make an Italian Dinner~
Lasagna Roll-Ups~
- 16 oz package lasagna noodles
- 1 pound ground beef, ground turkey, bulk sausage or
- use 2 cups left-over cooked turkey, chopped*
- 2 T oil
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 box (9 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed dry
- 2 t garlic-herb seasoning, (Mrs. Dash)
- 1/3 cup purchased pesto
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 container ricotta cheese
- 1/3 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese, save 2 T for top.
- 1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, save 1/2 cup for filling
- 1 jar (26-28 oz) tomato pasta sauce, such as Prego
Heat oven to 375. Spray 13 x 9 (3 qt.) glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Cook lasagna noodles as directed on package, drain and rinse in cold water to cool. Drain again; set aside.
In oil, brown ground beef, turkey, sausage or chopped cooked turkey with onion and garlic until meat is browned. Drain.
Add spinach and garlic-herb seasoning to meat mixture. Stir well.
Remove for heat, set aside to cool.
In a large bowl mix together pesto, sour cream, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese. Fold in meat/spinach mixture.
Pour 1/2 cup tomato pasta sauce in prepared dish.
Spoon 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup filling down the center of each lasagna noodle. Gently roll up, place in prepared pan until all noodles and meat mixture is used.
Pour remaining pasta sauce over lasagna roll ups.Sprinkle with rest of the mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.
Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour or until heated through and bubbly.
*If you prefer, you can make this meatless~
Mix together pesto, ricotta cheese, sour cream and cheese~
Pour 1/2 cup tomato sauce in bottom of baking dish~
Stir spinach/meat mixture into ricotta cheese mixture~
Boil noodles according to package directions, drain well~
Lay noodles flat on surface~
Spoon a 1/3 cup cheese/spinach mixture onto noodle~
With back of spoon spread filling~
Repeat with filling and noodles~
Roll up noodles~
Keep rolling up~
Place rolls in prepared pan~
Spoon sauce over shells~
Sprinkle remaining cheese on top~
Cover with foil and bake until hot and bubbly~
Health Note: Lean cuts of beef (round steak, beef loin, and sirloin) are lower in fat and saturated fat than fattier cuts such as rib eye. Less fat and saturated fat is better for heart health.