Herb & Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups
Learn how to make spinach lasagna roll-ups! A fun and delicious twist on traditional lasagna. Rather than layering the lasagna in a baking dish, these noodles are rolled up with fresh herbs, Italian cheeses, and healthy green spinach!
Servings 4
Calories
Ingredients
- 10 boil lasagne noodles
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil
- 5 heaping cups fresh spinach or 1 package of frozen spinach. Remove the extra moisture with paper towels.
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese, plus more for dusting over top
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 2 teaspoon fresh oregano, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 egg
- generous pinch of black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups marinara
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Boil water and cook pasta: Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil, then cook the lasagne noodles as the box instructs. Drain from the water and let sit in a shallow dish or tray of cold water, this will prevent the noodles from sticking together.
- Cook the spinach: in a medium saucepan, saute minced garlic in oil for 30 seconds. Then add spinach leaves and cook down until wilted. If your pan isn't big enough you can cook the spinach leaves in batches until they cook down enough to add more. Let cool.
- Mix the filling ingredients: In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the ricotta, parmesan cheese, basil, oregano, garlic powder, black pepper, egg, and cooled cooked spinach.
- Spread the filling over the noodles: arrange the cooked lasagna noodles on a tray or just on your counter, then spread a thin layer of filling over each noodle top to bottom. Start with a thin layer on the noodles to make sure you have enough filling, then if you have extra cheese & spinach filling you can go back to layer a little more.
- Roll up: then from the bottom of the noodles roll up into individual pinwheels.
- Arrange in a baking dish: in a large baking dish, spread 1/2 to 3/4 cups of marinara sauce over the bottom. Then place the roll ups in the dish, spoon remaining marinara over each roll-up then top with mozzarella and some additional parmesan cheese.
- Bake: Cover with foil, and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil at the last minute then broil on HIGH to slightly brown the cheese. Serve right away with additional fresh basil.
Notes
My favorite sauce options - For this recipe, you can use either homemade tomato sauce with canned or fresh tomatoes. Or if you like a little spice, you can try my spicy arrabbiata sauce! If you're skipping on making your own sauce, I recommend using my favorite store-bought marinara.
Use a large pot to boil lasagna noodles - Make sure to boil the lasagna noodles in a large enough pot so the noodles have enough room to cook. If the pot isn't large enough the noodles will stick together.
Make it gluten-free! - if you are needing to make this recipe gluten-free friendly you can use GF lasagna noodles instead of regular wheat noodles.