Healthy Spinach Lasagna Rolls
Healthy Spinach Lasagna Rolls – easy, healthy, and filling! Spinach and ricotta rolled up in cooked lasagna noodles. Only 224 calories per roll! If you’re looking for a healthy dinner recipe, these rolls are for you!
HEALTHY SPINACH LASAGNA ROLLS
The Donut Effect. There’s a little something I like to call the “Donut Effect”.
I eat pretty healthy most of the time. I feel like I’m always trying to convince you guys of that since you’ve seen what I post on here, but I really do.
Don’t get me wrong…I treat myself everyday to a little something.
But when I’ve been really watching it for a while I inevitably break down and indulge in something sweet…like a donut.
So good! So I think “Wow that was so good and I didn’t even gain any weight. I actually lost 2 pounds.”
So the next day, I eat four cookies. That probably won’t affect me at all either since the donut didn’t so I won’t even bother weighing myself today.
And even if I did gain weight, I lost weight yesterday so it’s all good.
The next day it’s brownies…but just half a pan…
From there, it’s pretty much a downward spiral.
OTHER ITALIAN RECIPES:
- Lasagna Cups
- Easy Baked Ziti
- Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Shells
- Pizza Rolls
- Taco Lasagna
- Pizza Monkey Bread
Healthy Spinach Lasagna Rolls
Healthy Spinach Lasagna Rolls - easy, healthy, and filling! Spinach and ricotta rolled up in cooked lasagna noodles. Only 224 calories per roll!
Ingredients
- 9 lasagna noodles, cooked
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach thawed and completely drained
- 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
- salt and fresh pepper
- optional 1 chicken breast cooked and diced
- 32 oz marinara sauce
- 9 Tablespoons part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350°. Make sure you drain the spinach well. Combine spinach, ricotta, Parmesan cheese, egg, garlic, Italian seasonings, chicken, and salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Pour about 1 cup sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish.
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Place a piece of wax paper on the counter and lay out lasagna noodles. Make sure noodles are dry by patting them with a paper towel. Take 1/3 cup of ricotta mixture and spread evenly over a noodle. Roll carefully and place seam side down onto the baking dish. Repeat with remaining noodles.
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Ladle sauce over the noodles in the baking dish and top each one with 1 Tablespoon of mozzarella cheese. Cover baking dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes, or until cheese melts. Makes 9 rolls.
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To serve, ladle a little sauce on the plate and top with lasagna roll.
Recipe Notes
Adjust calories and points if you add chicken.
adapted from Skinny Taste
I replaced the spinach with steamed baby kale. Was delicious…. thanks for your recipe that is so easily convertible to what we have at home.
Thank you! And yes the recipe card has a bug in it.
This sounds so yummy I can’t wait to try it, but more importantly to bake cool and individually freezer wrap. My husband has cancer and so often we come in from a day on the road to and from the Dr and or Hospital to have a lack luster and or meal value dinner. As I read this all I could think about was, “Wish I could have pulled one of these out of my freezer last night!” I will be making these in the next few days. Thank you.
Oh man. Praying for your husband! Glad to meet you!
What’s the cholesterol count on this recipe. Trying to make my husband low cholesterol foods
I’m not sure. Sorry!
Just got done making these and they’re in the oven baking! I’m so excited to try them. They look DELISH! ♡ I was able to fit 11 into my baking dish, and I feel like I was able to put more than 1/3 of a cup of filling into each also. I actually still had some left over after making 11 rollups. Extra rollups… I’m not gonna complain! Extra filling… also, not gonna complain! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Would these freeze well after baking?
Yes!!
I am wanting to make these, but I would like to use FRESH spinach…. How can I change up the recipe a little to use the Fresh instead?? Will it make a big difference?
Shouldn’t make a big difference at all!
made these tonight and they were freakin’ fantastic. My family loved them too and they were so easy to make. Thanks for making me look like a rock star yet again Christy!
Haha. Katie, you’re welcome!
prep time? cook time?
Prep time: about 15 minutes. Cook time: 40 minutes.
Your recipe says 22 hours and 14 minutes.
Sounds lovely, but I will be using cottage cheese instead of the suggested ricotta. Many Thanks!
A great subsitution!
What do you recommend doing if you have left over filling?
Hmm. Spread it on toast? Haha. I’m not sure.
Second batch to make if extra ingredients you make (small batch)
These were pretty good. I made almost a double batch and froze them 4 at a time unbaked in small aluminum pans from dollar tree. Makes easy dinners for my hubby and I on busy nights.
A niece of mine posted this recipe on Facebook about a month ago…and I said these will be my New Year’s Day dinner!!! Well I made them and oh gosh were they GOOD!!! Sooooooo easy to make!!! Instant hit with my dinner company…and my hubby and stepson Jeff said I had a new Top Five recipe!!! Thank You for sharing!!
You’re welcome!
I was wondering if you think they would go in the microwave instead of being baked in the oven? My boyfriend’s office has no oven and we tried baking them first then putting in the fridge and then reheating them in the microwave, but they weren’t as good anymore. Do you think they could be stored into the fridge after rolling them and then just “baking” them in the microwave ? Have u had any experience with that yet?
Thanks for the delicious recipe !!! 😀
I’m sorry. I’ve never tried it. Wish I could be more help.
Hi! I can’t see a reason why this wouldn’t work but have you tried making them the night before and storing them in the fridge until they are ready to bake? They look delicious but I’d love a make-ahead option for week nights. =)
Should totally be okay that way!!
OMG! this was Delicious! I used Alfredo sauce it was wonderful!
I’ve been making a similar, but not quite as healthy, version of this for many years. Instead of spinach my recipe uses crab meat. They are called Seafood Lasagne Roll Ups. Yum! I need to try your version some time too. Thanks for sharing.
I was wondering if there was a good substitute for the egg or should I just not include it?
I just wouldn’t include it. You should be fine.
I made this tonight with a few differences, I used no boil noodles (soaked), and I added mushrooms to the spinach and cheese mixture. It was good, but on the dry side. Any suggestions?? more sauce around the rolls? another egg to the mixture? Im looking forward to making it again, pretty easy for how complicated it appears! yum
More sauce should do the trick!
Just made these tonight and they are a hit in my home! They are so delicious! Even my picky eater ate and loved them and didn’t realize there was spinach in them. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
These are amazing!!!! I’m just now learning to cook (sad, I know, but I’m fresh out of my parents house) and these were incredibly easy and they turned out great! My boyfriend was so impressed that he’s copying the recipe to make them for his fire station. This is my new go to place for recipes! Thank you 🙂
Yay! Glad you loved them!
Remember 90% of being a good cook is willing to cook. Treat as an adventure and not a chore and you will amaze yourself
Can the lasagna be stored in the freezer until we are ready to bake the dish later in the week? I know you said the Mexican or tex-mex lasagna that is on another page could be stored in the freezer..
Yes, definitely. It freezes well.
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This also makes a great freezer meal. I just made it for my sister who had a baby last week. After I roll them I freeze them on the wax paper, then use my food saver to package them once they are frozen. I delivered it to my sister with a loaf of bread and a jar of sauce and was able to give her and her husband 2 meals they can quickly and easily make whenever they need to.
Wow! Great idea.
Looks delicious. Can these be individually frozen?
Absolutely!
Can you freeze these?
Yes! they freeze great.
I just cooked these and they are great! I used roasted tomato and garlic tomato sauce instead and mixed in a little mozzarella with the filling. I was preparing for it to take a lot longer but it was super easy especially after a long day at work!