Sausage Spinach Lasagna Rolls Recipe 455 Food

SAUSAGE & SPINACH LASAGNA ROLLS RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• * Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water and drain again. Separate noodles on parchment paper. * Combine remaining ingredients, except spaghetti sauce, in a large bowl and mix well. * Spread a small amount of sauce in bottom of bakings dish. * Spread filling on each noodle and roll up. * Place lasagna rolls in a baking dish seam side down and top with sauce. ** Top with additional cheese before baking if desired. * Bake at 350 degrees until heated through, about 45 minutes. ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** ** Want to change it up a bit? * Use Alfredo sauce in place of red sauce. ** Want to save time with a great make-ahead dish? * Freeze before baking. You may freeze individually wrapped lasagna rolls without sauce, or freeze sauce-topped rolls in baking dish.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE LASAGNA ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 4-6 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 40 minutes. Stir in olives., Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles according to package directions for al dente. Cook sausages in a large skillet according to package directions; drain. Remove sausages and cut in half widthwise. In the same skillet, cook and stir spinach over medium-high heat 2-3 minutes or until wilted; drain spinach and squeeze dry., In a small bowl, combine cream cheese and spinach. Spread 3 cups sauce mixture into a 13x9-in. baking dish. Spread 2 tablespoons cream cheese mixture on each noodle. Place a sausage half on a short end; carefully roll up. Cut in half widthwise; place ruffle side up in sauce mixture. Repeat with remaining noodles, cream cheese mixture and sausages., Pour 1-1/2 cups sauce mixture over rolls; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake, covered, 40 minutes. Bake, uncovered, 5-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Serve with remaining sauce mixture.

SAUSAGE LASAGNA ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cook noodles according to package directions. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce., In a large bowl, combine ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella, 1/4 cup Parmesan, egg, parsley, rosemary, lemon juice, thyme, lemon zest, pepper and salt. Drain noodles. Spread 2 tablespoons cheese mixture on each noodle; carefully roll up., Spread 2/3 cup meat sauce into each of two greased 11x7-in. baking dishes. Place roll-ups seam side down over sauce. Top with remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses., Cover and bake until bubbly, 45-50 minutes. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked casseroles up to 3 months. To use, thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Cover and bake until bubbly, 50-60 minutes.

SAUSAGE AND VEGGIE LASAGNA ROLLS

Steps:

• For the filling: Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the squash, zucchini, a sprinkle of salt and black pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until the squash softens but is not mushy, about 4 minutes. Set aside to let cool.
• Add the ricotta, Parmesan, parsley, egg, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper to a large bowl, then add the cooled vegetables. Stir to combine.
• For the sauce: Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking into pieces with a wooden spoon, until browned and cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the marinara and bring to a simmer. Let cook for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the basil.
• For the lasagna rolls: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray two 8-inch square baking dishes with nonstick cooking spray.
• Spread about 1/2 cup of the sauce on the bottom of each prepared baking dish.
• To make the rolls, spread each lasagna noodle with a layer of the ricotta filling. Starting at one end, roll up the noodle. Repeat with the remaining lasagna noodles and ricotta filling. Place half of the lasagna rolls seam-side down in each baking dish.
• Spread the remaining sauce over the lasagna rolls. Top with the mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake until the sauce is bubbling and the cheese is melted, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Alternatively, bake one dish and freeze the second, tightly wrapped, for up to 2 months. (See Cook's Note.)

SPINACH LASAGNA ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook noodles according to the package directions.
• Drain, rinse under cold water and drain again. Set aside.
• Squeeze out as much moisture from the spinach as possible.
• Stir together spinach, 3/4 cup of the parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• Spread about 1/4 cup of the spinach mixture along entire length of each noodle; roll up noodles.
• Stand rolled noodles on end and slightly apart in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Pour spaghetti sauce over noodles.
• Bake, covered at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese.
• Serve as is, or put in oven until cheese melts.
• Enjoy!

LASAGNA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Rinse cooked lasagna noodles and set aside. Be sure that you don't use more than 12 oz. or the lasagna will be too dry.
• Meanwhile, in a dutch oven or other large vessel, put the oil, onion and green bell pepper. Saute over medium heat until the onion is tender.
• Add the sausage and garlic and stir-fry until well browned, chopping up the meat as you stir, to make sure all of the pieces are small.
• Add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, parsley, oregano, basil and 1 teaspoons salt. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, press out the water from the thawed spinach so that it is very dry. Put the spinach into a medium-size mixing bowl.
• Add the cottage cheese, egg, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoons salt and black pepper to the spinach. Stir until well mixed.
• In another medium-size bowl put the grated Mozzarella cheese.
• In a lasagna pan that you have oiled, put down 1/3 of the tomato-meat sauce.
• Cover with 1/2 of the lasagna noodles.
• Top with 1/2 of the spinach-cottage cheese filling.
• Top with half of the mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat using 1/3 of the tomato-meat sauce, remaining noodles, remaining spinach filling and mozzarella cheese.
• Top with the remaining 1/3 of the tomato-meat sauce and sprinkle 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese over the very top.
• Bake in a 350 degrees oven for 45 minutes.
• You might wonder whether or not there is enough tomato sauce, but once the lasagna heats up and the cheese gets gooey, there is enough sauce. I don't like a a lasagna with lots of runny heavy tomato sauce that covers the taste of everything else in the lasagna. If you feel like you need a bit more, add an 8 oz. can of tomato sauce to the tomato-meat sauce.

EASY SPINACH LASAGNE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook noodles according to the package directions.
• Drain, rinse under cold water and drain again. Set aside.
• Stir together spinach, 1/2 cup of the parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese, garlic, pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
• Spread about 1/4 cup of the spinach mixture along entire length of each noodle; roll up noodles.
• Place a thin layer of spaghetti sauce in a 8x8 (or 11x7) baking dish.
• Stand rolled noodles on end and slightly apart in dish.
• Pour remaining spaghetti sauce over noodles.
• Bake, covered at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
• Combine remaining cheeses, add to lasagne rolls.
• Return to oven until cheese melts.

SAUSAGE-SPINACH ALFREDO LASAGNA

Steps:

• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• In a large skillet brown the turkey sausage meat in 1 tablespoon oil along with the onion, garlic and cayenne pepper; cook breaking up the sausage meat while browning.
• Cook until browned then add in the chopped red peppers; cook for another 2 minutes; drain fat and set aside.
• Place the spinach in a small saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes; place in a small colinder, rinse under cold water then hand-squeeze very dry.
• Place the spinach in a large bowl, then add in the cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, fresh garlic, 1 egg, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, 1-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, seasoned salt and black pepper; mix with a wooden spoon until well combined.
• Spread 1 cup alfredo sauce onto the bottom of prepared baking dish, then top with 4 cooked lasagna noodles, then HALF of the ricotta/spinach mixture, then sprinkle HALF of the sausage mixture on top.
• Place about 1 cup (or more) of shredded mozzarella cheese on top of the sausage.
• Repeat the layers (using 1 cup sauce, 4 lasagna noodles, remaining HALF of the spinach/ricotta mixture and then remaining HALF of the sausage mixture).
• Top with remaining 4 lasagna noodles, then 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese ( can use more cheese).
• Drizzle remaining alfredo sauce over the shredded cheese, then sprinkle with about 3/4 to 1 cup Parmesan cheese (or to taste).
• Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.
• Remove the foil and bake uncovered for another 10-15 minutes.
• Let stand for 20 minutes (or more) before slicing.