I just love lasagna, but I am kind of particular about the ingredients and I cannot stand when the noodles are crunchy on the ends; that will ruin my piece of lasagna. My friends love my lasagna, and whenever I have a get together, I enjoy making my lasagna for them. However, while it used to cost about $10 to make a huge tray of lasagna, it now costs almost $20 for the same size tray! Save your dough and make this Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups Recipe. For an Asian dish, be sure to check out my easy to make Slow Cooker Sweet Korean BBQ Beef Recipe.
As many of us in the older crowd now know, the older we get, the more our tastes change. I was in the grocery store with a friend, discussing what we were craving, when I finally heard myself…I was craving various green vegetables, including spinach and peas, neither of which would I have ever previously touched, even with someone else’s spoon. I used to sit and pick every pea out of my pot pie before I would take a bite of it, so imagine my surprise when I started craving them. I stopped in mid stride that day and said to my friend, “I have never felt my age until this very minute. I am not craving ice cream or chocolate, I am craving green vegetables!” So I had to figure out how to eat things that I have had a longstanding distaste for, ESPECIALLY spinach. I have seen many recipes that include spinach in a variety of ways, but the one that caught my eye the most was spinach lasagna, so I tried it…and I liked it a lot. Be sure to make this Traditional Pound Cake Recipe From Scratch for a delicious dessert to end this yummy main course.
Anyone who has made regular lasagna knows that it can be quite labor intensive, as you have to cook most of the ingredients, assemble it and bake it. Further, once it is done, it has to sit for awhile so that the juices get soaked up into it and you do not have a pile of watery mush spilling all over the plate. When I saw a recipe for lasagna roll ups, I thought “genius, I can make as many or as few as I want” without the cost of making an entire tray, so I set out to make them. I found out the hard way that making lasagna roll ups, using the same ingredients I use to make spinach lasagna, was quite messy and more time consuming than making a tray of lasagna; I made them once and that was it. If you are making lasagna for a crowd, you can just make the traditional recipe, using a standard lasagna pan.
I love this recipe because it is delicious and very easy to make. The sauce can be as easy as a can or jar of sauce or you can add homemade sauce to give it a more individualized touch. Once the noodles were finished cooking, spreading the ingredients on them and rolling them up took only a couple of minutes each. Place the roll ups in a baking pan, add the sauce over the top and bake for 30 minutes.
This is an easy dinner that can be prepared for a weeknight meal or a family gathering, and the roll ups are much easier to plate and serve than traditional lasagna. Also, I mentioned making homemade sauce as one way of individualizing this dish, but there are others, such as adding ground turkey. The wonderful thing about this recipe is its ease to prepare, but do not feel confined to any set of ingredients, try a variety of healthy ingredients to make it your own.
- 1 pound lasagna noodles
- 1 package (15 oz.) ricotta cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 whole egg
- 10 ounces frozen spinach
- 2 1/2 cup marinara sauce
- 1 dash salt and pepper
- non-stick cooking spray
- Get a large pot of water boiling with a dash of salt. When it comes to a full boil, add the lasagna noodles and cook until al dente (soft but not soggy… about 12-15 minutes). When they are finished cooking, drain in a colander.
- While the noodles are boiling, prepare the filling. Thaw the package of frozen spinach in the microwave and then squeeze out as much excess liquid as possible.
- Combine the spinach in a bowl with the ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, egg, freshly grated pepper and about 1/4 tsp of salt. Mix until well combined.
- When the noodles and filling are ready to go, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare a glass casserole dish by spraying with non-stick spray.
- On a clean surface, lay out a few noodles at a time. Place a few tablespoons of filling on each noodle and spread to cover from edge to edge. The filling does not need to be thick because once the noodle is rolled up, it will be compounded. Make sure to spread it all the way to the edges of the noodles.
- Roll the noodles up and place in the prepared casserole dish. Repeat until all of your filling is gone (there may be some noodles left over, these are “back ups” in case any of the others rip during assembly).
- Pour the marinara sauce over the rolled noodles making sure to cover all surfaces. The sauce will keep the noodles hydrated and soft while baking.
- Cover the dish in foil and bake for 30 minutes. Serve hot or divide into individual portions and refrigerate.
Who makes your favorite lasagna recipe?
Wow those look amazing. They look fairly simple too! Can not wait to try this recipe out on the family
those look so good, i would love to make them for dinner soon
I love things like this for dinner. It sounds absolutely delicious!
I have been wanting to to attempt these for a long time! They look so good! I might actually attempt to try these for dinner! They looks awesome!
This looks absolutely delicious. I haven’t tried any kind of lasagna roll-ups and have been wanting to for awhile. I think this is the perfect recipe to try for my first, thank you for sharing!
I love this for two reasons. 1: It looks delicious. 2: It looks a heck of a lot easier to eat than regular lasagna. Thanks!
These sound delicious! They look very cool too. This is definitely a meal to impress guests.
These look delicious and easy to make! I love a good veggie lasagna.
This looks so much better than a traditional lasagna. I love spinach in any form, so I know I’d love this. I pinned your recipe earlier and it sure did make me hungry.
Wow. This looks amazing and fairly easy enough to make. can not wait to try it on on the family!
Yum! This made it on my list of things to try this week! Thanks!
These look so good! I love spinach and cheese combinations!
Oh wow! That looks fantastic! I haven’t made Lasagna in a longgg time, thanks so much for this recipe. Sounds divine!
These look amazing! My kiddos would love them since they dont eat the meat in traditional lasagna.
Those roll ups look very good. I love spinach and these would taste just like spinach Lasagna.. only rolled.
I just did some spinach seed starters today actually so I’ll have to try this!
This looks amazing! I love all the cheeses!
I have never seen lasagna roll ups before! These look super tasty! I will have to try them out!
this lasagna roll ups look delish! pinning for later
These look amazing! I love all kinds of lasagna recipes. It’s one of my favorite dishes. I’ll have to try this one out. Thanks!
I love spinach and I love lasagna. This is my kind of dinner. It looks very pretty too!
Oh my gosh, this is so good looking and I bet delicious as well. <y husband love lasagna and I think I will copy your recipe and make it this Easter.
I am a huge Italian food fan! These look amazing! Going to try them1
These look and sound delicious!! I love to find new recipes with green veggies to whip up for the kids!
I don’t get to eat lasagna often. The kidd do not like the ricotta Cheese. This looks awesome.
I’ve had this recipe pinned for awhile. I need to make them already. Love spinach- I might put in some chicken sausage.
Oh yes, those spinach lasagna rolls ups look amazing. I’ve never made anything like this but I’d love to try it. It looks simple enough that I bet the kids could help me prepare it. Thanks so much for sharing.
I love, love, love spinach and love this recipe. I am totally going to be making this. Thanks for sharing…
This looks like such a simple and delicious recipe. I will have to try it this weekend. I am sure it will be a big hit with my family.
I have become bored with my past recipes and have been looking for something new. This sounds like something my family would like and I am going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing it.
These look and sound amazing!! I love spinach and its even better when I can put it in a pasta dish!
Excuse me while I catch my mouth. I think it just hit the floor!
That looks so tasty, Such a easy to follow recipe, Thank you for sharing.
Those look really tasty. I’ve been looking for more recipes to use my million cans of spaghetti sauce on.
I have crunchy end noodles, too! Your recipe sounds awesome.
Just look at how decadent that spinach lasagna is! Oozing with cheese is absolute love!!!
I have never made lasagna roll-ups, but I love this recipe and how simple it sounds. And tasty. It also sounds really tasty.
This looks like such a delicious and healthy take on our usual lasagne dish. I would love to make these for my family.
I have made these in the past, and loved them! I’ll definitely have to fix these sometime soon.
Yum! Now this is a meal i would love to try. I love spinach in stuff like this. So good! It looks amazing!
YUMMY!!!!! That looks to die for. A quick and good meal. I will have to pin this one for later 🙂
OMG, how delicious is this!!! I haven’t made rolls in a very long time. Time to change that.
I love Lasagna and Lasagna rollups are so much fun! I love the addition of the spinach!
This looks so yummy! I can’t wait to make these!
These are such different spin on regular lasagna! I must try these!
Oh my look at that spinach and cheese! Oh yum I could eat it up right now.
Those look incredibly delicious. I’m a lover of anything with spinach and I love lasagne so this is right up my alley.
Robin – this looks gorgeous and yummy – I have had spinach lasagna and so enjoyed it – now I have the recipe – thank you!
I just made these last week so so good. I also made them with Chicken and Alfredo Sauce. Delicious!
These looks yummy, thanks for sharing!
These are SO good. This is my favorite way to cook lasagne! YUMMY! Love the spinach!
I have to make these. They look so delicious!
These look really fantastic! I’ve never made spinach lasagna before but I like the roll up version of this. So I’m definitely trying it!
These look so good! I love that they’re like personalized lasagnas! My tot would devour them!
I am giving these a try! Pinned to my Pasta Board! They look delicious!
That’s so much prettier than plain old spinach lasagna! Mine looks a mess!
I know for a fact that my husband and kids would love this!! They love pasta and cheese and my kids will even eat spinach if it’s combined with either one of those, lol!
mmm… sounds very tasty! I might try making these with zucchini “noodles” because I can’t do the gluten these days. Sadly, I have yet to find rice or corn lasagna noodles in my local grocery.
That is amazing. I have to make that.
I love making roll ups when I have noodles left when making a pan of lasagna. I think its the best part.
I love spinach on anything and this recipe looks like it’s going to be my new favorite. It brings a new twist to a classic love. This looks definitely delicious.
Yum. You would think these would be a lot more labor intensive but I could totally do this!
Oh wow these rolls look so delicious and easy to make. I normally don’t like spinach unless it’s in dip form, but this actually looks like I would love it.
I both love spinach and a lasagna – this is something I definitely would love to try.
This sounds so delicious indeed. We love spinach and lasagna of any kind so it is a perfect fit for our family. I love the presentation of your dish. Thanks so much for sharing.
I love spinach! These look so great and would make a lovely meal. Thanks!
How yummy! And they look so fun to make too!
I LOVE lasagna! And spinach ricotta ones are my favorite! In fact I could eat ricotta by the spoon, but that’s another story. Your recipe looks delicious and the pics are great! Thanks!
We’ve done spinach lasagna a few times, never though of doing it as a roll-up though. It’s a great way to sneak veggies into a meal.
Words can not express how much I love this recipe. I can’t wait to try it out.
I love lasagna and I love spinach. This recipe is too perfect. It gets no better than that! Delish!
Oh boy, these look so good. I love spinach, and I can’t believe I have never incorporated it into a lasagna dish (which I also love too).
This looks super delicious! I think I might be trying to make this. My daughter who’s a vegetarian would love this!
Omg too funny! I have stuff to make lasagna sitting out right now! Might make roll ups for a fun twist thanks to this fabulous post!!
This sounds like a really good recipe. I love spinach and I love lasagna roll ups too.
These look soo yummy! I think I’ll make these instead of cannoli from now on. So much easier to stuff.
These look really good. I’m a fan of any recipe with spinach. I love the stuff.
Loving this recipe! Anything Spinach is always a favorite meal of mine.
This is fantastic! I totally love this recipe and I am doing it for our Easter party this week-end! Thanks for sharing!
I really want to make these. They will be good with portion control too. The girls can help me. Thank you for the recipe.