This is a pretty versatile recipe. Aside from spinach, you can add other ingredients like sauteed mushrooms, chopped artichokes, sun dried tomatoes, etc. It serves as a great base recipe to start so use your imagination and whatever you have on hand! The trickiest part of the recipe is handling the noodles. I used gluten free lasagna noodles but you can use the regular kind if gluten free isn't your thing. There's a couple ways to go about it - buy the standard dry lasagna, boil, drain and cool... or buy the no boil dry lasagna, soak in hot water to make pliable, drain and cool. Either way is fine so just go with whatever you prefer. Once the noodles are pliable to roll, simply fill and roll! This is also great to make in advance as well...
Spinach Lasagna Rolls
recipe adapted from AllRecipes
recipe adapted from AllRecipes
1 brick (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
12 lasagna noodles, cooked, drained (gluten free)
2 cups alfredo sauce (homemade or store bought)
Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Mix cream cheese, spinach, 1 cup mozzarella and Parmesan until well blended; spread onto noodles. Roll up tightly.
Place seam-sides down, in 9-inch sq. baking dish; top with sauce and remaining cheeses.
Bake 30 min. or until heated through.
My family loves pasta with red sauce but I prefer it with Alfredo sauce. Thanks for sharing the recipe! I will definitely try this next weekend.
ReplyDeletePasta only with red sauce?? What a flat world that would be! These look delicious!
ReplyDeletethis looks really fresh and healthy, despite it being a pasta dish. i'll definitely try to make this one of these days...:) cheers! - gio
ReplyDeleteYum....I love the ingredients in this! Looks delish!
ReplyDeletecould this be a freezer friendly dish? If so, how would you suggest preparing the noodles?
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! These could definitely be a freezer friendly dish. To prepare ahead & freeze, prepare the recipe as directed with cooked & drained lasagna noodles. Instead of placing in a baking dish, you can place them in a disposable baking dish or a Glad Ovenware dish (my personal fave) because they are freezer and oven safe. Once in the baking dish, cover with plastic wrap and then with foil, then freeze. When you're ready to cook in the oven, defrost the baking dish until partially thawed, top with alfredo sauce and shredded cheese then bake for 30-45 minutes or until heated through. Hope this helps!
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