Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups With A Slow Simmered Meat Sauce Recipes

SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in boiling water until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and lay noodles flat onto a flat surface.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot oil until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer garlic to a large bowl; add spinach, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and salt. Stir mixture until evenly combined.
• Spread a heaping 1/4 cup of spinach mixture into the middle of each lasagna noodle. Roll noodle firmly around the filling. Arrange rolled noodles into a baking dish. Pour spaghetti sauce over the rolls. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil from dish and continue cooking another 5 minutes. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the rolls to serve.

SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL-UPS WITH A SLOW SIMMERED MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the ground beef and the onion. Cook, stirring often to crumble the beef for 4-5 minutes. Add the carrots, roasted bell pepper, garlic, dried basil, dried oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Add the beef stock, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, chopped tomatoes, and tomato sauce to the beef mixture as well as the sugar. Stir until well combined. Cover with a lid and reduce heat then simmer for 3-4 hours. Before serving add the fresh basil and parsley then stir to combine.
• After the sauce has simmered, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook lasagna noodles per instructions then lay them out on top of some parchment paper.
• Combine the ricotta, spinach, 1/2 cup of mozzarella, 2 tbsp of Parmesan, egg, nutmeg, basil, parsley, garlic, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste, together in a large bowl; mix until well combined. Spoon a thin layer of the ricotta mixture down the entire length of the lasagna noodle. Repeat with the remaining noodles. Starting from one end, roll up. Repeat.
• Coat a baking dish with cooking spray then spoon a layer of the slow-simmered meat sauce in the bottom of the baking dish. Place the lasagna rolls, seam side down, into the baking dish. Cover each roll with sauce then add the remaining cup of mozzarella cheese and 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese equally to the top of each roll.
• Cover with tin foil, and cook for 15 minutes. Remove the tin foil and continue baking for 5-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 Farenheit.
• Place noodles and enough water to cover in a 2-quart microwave-safe, oven proof casserole dish. Cover and microwave on high until noodles are softened, about 4 minutes. drain off water and arrange noodles on a plate to cool. Dry casserole dish.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large non-stick skillet. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add spinach and 1 tbs[ water, then stir to coat leaves and cover pan. Cook, shaking pan occasionally, until wilted, about 1 minute. Spread cooked spinach out on a cutting board to cool, then finely chop.
• In a medium bowl, combine 1 cup of the mozzarella, ricotta, 1/4 cup of the Parmesan, egg, nutmeg, and pepper. Stir in cooled spinach mixture.
• Spread 1 cup of the tomato sauce in bottom of casserole. Place 1/4 cup of the cheese and spinach mixture at base of each noodle and roll up. Place rolls seam-side down in casserole; pour remaining sauce over rolls. Sprinkle with remaining Mozzarella and Parmesan.
• Cover with foil and bake 25 minutes. Uncover, and bake until cheese bubbles, 5 to 10 minutes more. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Boil water for noodles.
• Mix cottage cheese, half of shredded cheese, baby spinach, and spices.
• Lay your noodles on the counter or cutting board and spread cheese mixture.
• Roll noodles from bottom to top, and place in pan, side by side, touching.
• Pour tomato sauce over the rolls, and sprinkle the remaining shredded cheese over top.
• Place pan in oven for 15-20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and slightly browned, or until heated through.

BEEF AND SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL-UPS FOR TWO

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Cook beef and onion over medium-high heat; drain. Stir in 1/2 cup pasta sauce. Remove from heat.
• In a small bowl, beat egg white. Add ricotta, parmesan, oregano, and 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese.
• Spread 3 Tablespoons of pasta sauce in bottom of an 8 inch square pan.
• Spread 1/4 of ricotta on one noodle. Add 1/4 cup spinach leaves, 1/4 of beef. Starting at one short end, roll up loosely.
• Place seam side down in baking dish. Repeat with remaining 3 noodles. Top with remaining sauce. Cover with foil.
• Bake 30 minutes. Remove foil and add remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake 5 more minutes.

SLOW-COOKER SPINACH LASAGNA ROLLUPS

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the lasagna noodles according to the instructions on the box until barely al dente. Drain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix the ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, Italian seasoning, and eggs. Stir in the spinach.
• Pour 1/2 jar of marinara sauce into the bottom of a slow cooker, spreading evenly.
• Cut each lasagna noodle in half crosswise. Spread about 1 heaping tablespoon ricotta mixture across one noodle half. Roll up the noodle and place it in the slow cooker, seam-side down. Continue with the remaining noodles and ricotta mixture.
• Pour 1 jar of marinara sauce over the top of the rollups. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. Pour the remaining 1/2 jar of sauce into the slow cooker and allow to heat through before serving.