Description
Enjoy these delicious spinach and ricotta lasagna roll ups, perfect for a cozy dinner!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 package uncooked lasagna noodles
- 10 oz frozen chopped spinach – thawed and rung out
- 15 oz part-skim ricotta cheese
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Kosher salt and black pepper to taste
- 2 cups marinara sauce – plus more for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray to prevent sticking.
- Prep the noodles. Cook the noodles 1 minute less than suggested by the package instructions. This will make them perfectly pliable to fill and fold but not too mushy when they are baked. Strain the noodles after cooking and run them under cold water then lay them out onto a baking sheet in between paper towels. This will get rid of excess moisture and prevent them from sticking as you go about spreading the filling onto each noodle.
- Make the spinach and cheese filling. Add the spinach, ricotta, 1/2 of the parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup of the mozzarella, egg, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper to a mixing bowl.
- Mix to combine into a creamy, spinach filling.
- Assemble the roll ups. Working with one lasagna noodle at a time, lay out each cooked lasagna noodle onto a flat surface and spread on some of the spinach cheese filling end to end. Roll it up starting at one end and rolling toward the other end. Continue until you have assembled all of the roll ups.
- Place half of the sauce into the bottom of a 9×13 inch pan and spread it out evenly to cover the bottom of the pan. Lay the lasagna roll ups seam side down in a single layer on top of the sauce. There should be room for 12 roll ups that fit nicely in 3 rows in the pan if you are using a 9×13 pan.
- Pour a little bit of sauce over the top of each roll up and top with more mozzarella and parmesan cheese and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.
- Cover the pan tightly with foil and bake for 35 minutes at 350°F. After 35 minutes, remove the foil, increase the oven temperature to 375°F and let them bake for 7-10 more minutes to help the cheese to fully melt.
- Remove, let cool and enjoy with a little bit more sauce and sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
Notes
- This dish can be prepared ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator before baking.
- Feel free to add other vegetables or seasonings to the filling as desired.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 roll ups
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 90mg