Healthy Spinach Lasagna Roll ups are an easy recipe that is healthy and filling. Spinach and a creamy ricotta filling rolled up in cooked lasagna noodles. Individual servings of tender lasagna noodles. Only 224 calories per roll!
1(10 ounce package) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
1(15 ounce container)ricotta cheese
1/2cupgrated Parmesan cheese
1egg
1/2teaspoonminced garlic
1/2teaspoondried Italian seasoning
salt and fresh pepper
optional 1 chicken breast, cooked and diced
32ozmarinara sauce
9Tablespoonspart skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°. Boil lasagna noodles according to package directions. 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 casserole dish.
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 cheese mixture and spread evenly over a noodle. Roll carefully and place seam side down onto the baking dish. Repeat with remaining noodles.
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.
To serve, ladle a little sauce on the plate and top with lasagna roll and fresh basil.