This was a super easy recipe and so yummy!! I love me some Italian food. I can seriously eat pasta every day. I love red, sauce white sauce, all of it. I also hate making lasagna, shhhhhhh don't tell. Its a lot of work! Don't judge me! When I saw this recipe I was excited! Mini lasagnas and not too much work! Yes!
Now this recipe calls for frozen spinach but I kinda feel like that defeats the purpose of trying to cook healthy so I used fresh spinach. It also gives you the option to add chicken. I did add it for the sake of my fiancé and it was good but it would be good with out also!
Get your pasta cooking. Once its done place a piece of wax paper and lay out the lasagna noodles.
Make sure you pat the noodles dry with a paper towel.
In a bowl combine spinach, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, egg, garlic, Italian seasonings, chicken, salt and pepper.
Pour one cup of sauce on the bottom of a baking dish like so
Now back to those lasagna noodles! Take 1/3 cup of the ricotta mixture and spread it evenly over a noodle. Roll it up carefully and place it in the baking dish seam side down.
Repeat with your remaining noodles.
Ladle sauce over the noodles in the baking dish and top each one with 1 tablespoon of mozzarella cheese.
Cover the baking dish tightly with foil and bake. The recipe says bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until cheese is melted. Mine only took about 20 minutes to melt. Here is the finished product!
It was seriously tasty. Not too high in calories but totally kills the craving for a hearty pasta meal. The spinach in it adds such a good flavor! My fiancé really liked this recipe and said he wants me to make it again. I will for sure be making it again! See below for the ingredients and instructions.
Ingredients
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast cooked and diced
32 ounces of tomato sauce (or spaghetti sauce)
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container fat free ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32 oz tomato sauce (I used spaghetti sauce)
9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/04/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html#yshvaDDfgErWtJ1C.99
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container fat free ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32 oz tomato sauce (I used spaghetti sauce)
9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/04/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html#yshvaDDfgErWtJ1C.99
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container fat free ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32 oz tomato sauce (I used spaghetti sauce)
9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/04/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html#yshvaDDfgErWtJ1C.99
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container fat free ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32 oz tomato sauce (I used spaghetti sauce)
9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/04/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html#yshvaDDfgErWtJ1C.99
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container fat free ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32 oz tomato sauce (I used spaghetti sauce)
9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/04/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html#yshvaDDfgErWtJ1C.99
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container fat free ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32 oz tomato sauce (I used spaghetti sauce)
9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/04/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html#yshvaDDfgErWtJ1C.99
9 lasagna noodles, cooked
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1 (15 ounce) container fat free ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
salt and fresh pepper
(optional) 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32 oz tomato sauce (I used spaghetti sauce)
9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/04/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html#yshvaDDfgErWtJ1C.99
9 tablespoons mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350. Combine spinach, ricotta, parmesan cheese, egg, garlic, italian seasonings, chicken, salt and pepper in a medium sized bowl. Pour one cup of sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish.
Place a piece of wax paper on the counter and lay out lasagna noodles. Make sure noodles are dry by patting them with a paper towel. Take 1/3 cup of ricotta mixture and spread evenly over a noodle. Roll carefully and place seam side down onto the baking dish. Repeat with remaining noodles.
Ladle sauce over the noodles in the baking dish and top each one with 1 tablespoon of mozzarella cheese. Cover baking dish tightly with foil and bake for 40 minutes, or until cheese melts.
To serve ladle a little sauce on the plate and top with lasagna roll.
Makes 9 rolls
