Dinner Recipes

Lasagna Rolls

These rolls have all the tender noodles, creamy herbed ricotta, meaty red sauce, and melty mozzarella of a traditional lasagna — they just look more fun! The wavy noodles roll into little ruffled spirals, filled with all those good ingredients and perfectly portioned, so they’re really easy to serve.

The other thing we like about this recipe (that we don’t necessarily mention at the family dinner table, shhhh), is that there are some fresh mushrooms and zucchini secreted into the spirals for added nutrition and a pretty pop of green.

Our tip: Serve this one when you’ve got all the cousins or a sleepover at the house — it’s a people pleaser. Or, make a batch on Sunday night, when it’s just your family, so you can have awesome lunches all week long.

Lasagna Rolls
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Lasagna Rolls

Ingredients

1 lb box wavy lasagna
24 oz marinara sauce
4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, divided
1 lb ground beef
Kosher salt, to taste 
1 small onion, diced
2 small zucchini, diced
3 small portabella mushrooms, diced
1 lb ricotta cheese
2 eggs
6 basil leaves, thinly sliced, plus more for garnish 
1 cup shredded mozzarella
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. Cook the pasta according to package directions, and then drain and toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and lay flat on a sheet pan to prevent sticking. 
  3. Meanwhile, in a skillet, season the beef with salt and sauté the ground beef until fully cooked.
  4. Add the sauce and a ½ cup water, bring it to a simmer, and remove it from heat.
  5. In another skillet, sauté the onions in remaining olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the zucchini and mushrooms and sauté for another 2 minutes until browned.
  6. In a large bowl, combine the veggies with the ricotta cheese and season with salt. Fold in the eggs and basil.
  7. Spread filling evenly onto the 16 lasagna sheets and roll them up.
  8. In the bottom of a 9x13” baking dish, evenly spread 1 cup of the meat sauce.
  9. Add the lasagna rolls, seam side down. Top with the remaining sauce and cheese, cover with foil, and bake for 25 minutes.
  10. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 5 minutes until the cheese is brown.
  11. Remove the lasagna from the oven and let rest for 15 minutes before serving.

Recipe source: Barilla