I have seen these Lasagna roll ups here and there and decided I wanted to give them a try. There are probably 200 different things you could fill them with, I just kind of used what I had. If you wanted to make them meatless, it would be really easy. Or use white sauce instead of red. Basically any way you make lasagna, you could roll instead of layer. I was even thinking of making thanksgiving leftover lasagna roll ups. Kam might explode with excitement over that one though....
Sausage, Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna Rolls
What you'll need:
8 Lasagna noodles cooked according to package (make 10 just in case one tears beyond repair)
1 package ground sausage (you could use ground beef, turkey or chicken too)
2 cups sliced mushrooms
4 cups fresh spinach
1 cup diced onion
3 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes (remove most of the oil and chop into smaller pieces)
1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
1 teaspoon oregano
2 cups shredded mozzarella
1/2 cup parmesan reggiano
2 cups pasta sauce (if I wasn't making this after work I would have made homemade, but I went the quick rout today)
Begin boiling water and cooking noodles. In a large frying pan, cook sausage until no longer pink. Remove some of the fat leaving about a tablespoon. Add onions and saute until tender and translucent. Add mushrooms, spinach, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, pepper and oregano and cook on medium low until most of the moisture is out of the spinach and mushrooms. About 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Lay 3 or 4 noodles onto a glass cutting board (or your counter will work too). Spread a small layer of the meat mixture over each noodle. Leave about 2 inches of noodle bare. Spread about 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce over meat and a thin layer of mozzarella. Now starting at the end of the noodle with meat, fold the noodle over a tiny bit and begin to roll the bare end which will be the bottom. If you work slow and steady, you shouldn't loose too much filling out the sides of the rolls. Now use a spatula to transfer the roll into the pan. You should have room for 8 rolls in your pan. Cover each roll with 2 or 3 tablespoons more sauce and remaining mozzerella and parmesan reggiano. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, removing foil for the last 10 minutes.
Love this flower pepper! Love it!
This was a great dinner. Lasagna with a different presentation. They were even better the second day! I think these would be really fun to serve guests. Kam was my assistant for this one and when I have about half done rolling them, I asked him if he could do this. He shook his head in a funny Kam way and said NO, No, no. He was pretty stoked to eat them though! Enjoy!
Snow finally blanketed Spokane. Now I hope we get 12 inches before Thanksgiving so we can go sledding at our friend's Eric and Julie's. We are spending the beloved turkey day at their house this year, and they have THE BEST sledding hill! Here is a photo of us from last year's sledding adventure. We love them!
Happy saturday amigos!
