Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups

I love lasagna. I swear, Garfield and I are related. Part of the reason why I probably love it so much is because my mom didn't make it very often, so when she did, it was a real treat. It's time consuming, but well worth the result. So naturally, when I found a way to speed up the time, I was all in. I also plan to try crock pot lasagna at some point. I decided to go meatless for these ones. Here is the original recipe.

Serves: 10
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:
-1 egg
-10 lasagna noodles
-salt and pepper, to taste
-pinch of dried basil leaves
-pinch of oregano
-10 oz spinach, chopped (I bought a 9oz bag not chopped, and just tore it up, but didn't even use half)
-1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
-15 oz ricotta cheese
-32 oz tomato sauce
-1 bag shredded mozzarella

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine ricotta, Parmesan, egg, salt, pepper, basil, oregano, and spinach in a bowl. When adding the spinach, I added a handful, mixed, added another handful, and mixed.

3. Ladle about 1 cup of tomato sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 12 baking dish. Set aside.

4. Cook the lasagna noodles as directed on the package.

5. Once noodles are cooked, drain the water and lay each noodle out on a piece of wax paper or foil (I used tongs to grab them gently when they were too hot to touch). Allow the noodles to cool and dry for about 5 minutes.

6. Take 1/3 cup of the ricotta mixture and scoop it onto each noodle. Spread the mixture out across the noodle.

7. Roll each noodle up, making sure that the seam is on the bottom.

 8. Place into the baking pan.

9. Spoon tomato sauce over each roll.

10. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over each roll.

11. Cover the dish with foil and place in oven for 40 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

12. Remove dish from oven. Place a spoonful of sauce on your plate, heat in the microwave for 12 seconds, and then place lasagna roll on top of the sauce on the plate and serve.

Spinach Lasagna

This featured blog is very delicious. It's a great alternative for meat, and just as filling. Here is the original recipe.

Serves: 8
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 70 minutes

Ingredients:
-1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
-2 10 oz packages of frozen spinach
-1/2 onion, chopped
-1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano
-1/2 teaspoon dried basil
-2 cloves of garlic, crushed
-1 32 oz jar of spaghetti sauce
-1 1/2 cup water
-2 cups non-fat cottage cheese
- 1 8 oz package of part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
-1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
-1/2 cup of chopped, fresh parsley
-1 tablespoon of salt
-1/8 tsp black pepper
-1 egg
-8 oz lasagna noodles

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Rinse the spinach and dry thoroughly. Chop up.

2. On medium heat on the stove top, sautée the spinach, onion, oregano, basil, and garlic in the olive oil.

3. Pour in the spaghetti sauce and water. Simmer for 20 minutes.

4. In a large bowl, mix the cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, and egg.

5. Place a small amount of sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan. Place 4 uncooked noodles on top of the sauce and top with a layer of sauce. Add 4 more noodles and layer with 1/2 sauce and 1/2 cheese mixture, and then continue to layer with noodles until all is layered, with cheese on top.

6. Cover with foil, and bake in the over for 55 minutes. Remove foil, and bake another 15 minutes.