Spinach Lasagna Rolls

I have a confession to make….

I’ve never made lasagna.

I know, right?

I’m not sure why. I’ve sat at my mom’s table and watched her put it together so many times that I’m sure I could do it, probably without a recipe. It’s time-consuming, but it doesn’t seem complicated.

Still, for some reason or another, I’ve never made it. Maybe I just like to eat my mom’s lasagna.

I do, however, make a pretty fantastic spinach lasagna roll.

It’s basically lasagna, just cooked into individual servings.

I love the addition of spinach, because my kids will eat it this way. Anything that gets a three-year-old and a one-year-old to eat spinach is a winner in my book!

My recipe is a little different from most recipes you’ve probably seen for lasagna and lasagna rolls. Instead of ricotta cheese, I use cottage cheese. It’s a little trick that I learn from my momma. You’ll never notice the difference, and it’s so much cheaper – ricotta cheese isn’t cheap! If anything, the substitution gives it a milder flavor, making this dish more kid-friendly.

 

Spinach Lasagna Rolls

Ingredients:

• 9 lasagna noodles, cooked
• 10 frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well
• 16 ounces cottage cheese
• ½ cup grated parmesan
• ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 egg
• Salt and pepper
• 32 ounces jarred pasta sauce
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a medium bowl, combine spinach, cottage cheese, parmesan, Italian seasoning, egg, salt and pepper.
3. Ladle one cup of pasta sauce into the bottom of a 13×9 baking dish, making sure the entire bottom of the dish is coated.
4. Lay the cooked lasagna noodles out on wax paper; make sure they are completely dry.
   
5. Spread 1/3 cup of the spinach and cheese mixture onto each noodle.
   
6. Roll each noodle up and place them in the baking dish, seam side down.
   
7. Cover the rolled noodles in the remaining sauce, and sprinkle each roll with cheese.
   
8. Cover will foil and bake 45 minutes, or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly.
   
9. Let stand five minutes before eating.

 

Enjoy!

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