Thursday, August 25, 2011

Spinach Stuffed Lasagne Roll Ups

My girls really like this!

This recipe with make about 14 roll ups so you change the amounts to make less or more.
You will need:
1 lb box of Lasagne  noodles ( I use Barilla)
32 oz of ricotti cheese
1 10oz box of chopped frozen spinach (drained)
2 eggs
 1tbl of fresh Italian parsley, chopped
about 1/4 cup of good grated Italian cheese of your choice 
1/2 cup of shredded zucchini or frozen chopped broccoli, this is optional
1/4 cup sauted onions
about 1/2 cup to a cup of mozzarella
salt and pepper to taste
pinch of nutmeg, optional

Your favorite homemade or jarred tomato sauce
or you can  even try a  creamy white sauce,yum!!

Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil and add noodles  follow directions on package

Meanwhile put all ingedients into a mixing bowl (except the sauce) but you knew that!!
Stir them together well
set them aside

When noodles are cooked, pour int a collinder.
Seperate noodles be careful thtey are hot you can run them under a little cold water, but you don't want them
to be very wet, they will become slippery.
I drape them over the pot and the collinder so the water runs off them, I know this sounds like a lot of work
 but it really isn't,

Now for the fun part: :
Lay the noodle flat on your work surface
Take about 2 heaping tbls of the ricotti mixture and spread onto noodle, but not all the way to the ends
Roll up and place in a baking dish that has some sauce on the bottom. continue till finished

When finished spread sauce on top of roll ups enough to cover them
Sprinkle some shredded mozzarella on top and a little grated cheese.

Bake 325 for about 25-0 30 minutes

Serve with a tossed green salad and steamed broccoli .

*You can put sauted mushrooms chopped peppers or whatever you want in these roll ups
  Have fun creating  your own spin on this!!




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