LASAGNA ROLL UPS

Who doesn't love lasagna? Whether you love it with ground beef, Italian sausage, meatless- veggies, cheese.. so many options!

I discovered a new lasagna style.. and it's pretty awesome. It makes for the perfect even layers everytime, and you get great serving sizes. #winwin

Best part? It's easier than lasagna the original way. Are you sold yet?

You take the cooked lasagna noodles. lather them with the meaty, cheesy (or you favorite) layers, and roll them up! Lay them in the pan, top with cheese on cheese on cheese.. bake, and voila! It's messy, but I'm telling you, all the best dishes are.

Mess = tasty.

I made my own meat sauce, and I will share that recipe soon. It's a good one :) However, store-bought jarred red sauce is good too, you just have to buy a quality brand. Splurge a little, you'll be happy you did!

You can add ground beef or sausage to it, or just use the meatless marinara. Again, so many options, all are fabulous.

Prep/boil your noodles and lay them out flat. Be careful, they are very fragile once al dente.

Just like any standard lasagna, you're going to make you ricotta cheese mixture to create a cheesy paste for the noodles and lather it on each one.

Add a layer of your sauce, mine was a meat sauce. Top with shredded Mozzarella.

Roll each one up, individually..

Those layers.. just like in a regular lasagna!

Lay each of them in the pan rolled up, and top with your remaining sauce and shredded chesee.

Bake for 35 minutes...

I paired mine with a salad and garlic bread! It was so good, and heats up well for lunch the next day (or 3).

Happy Friday Eve! We are almost there :)

XO

Full Recipe

1 lb ground beef

1 jar marinara sauce

10 uncooked lasagna noodles

15 oz container of Ricotta

1 egg

2 1/2 cups Mozzarella cheese

3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/3 cup Romano cheese

Salt & Pepper to taste

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Prep your meat sauce, I browned my ground beef with onions, garlic, and added crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, etc. to create my own meatsauce. If you cannot create your own (or want to save time) brown your ground beef or the meat of your choice, and add a jar of you favorite marinara. Let bubble for 20 minutes.
3. Cook your lasagna noodles in a large pot of water according to box directions. (be careful when cooking your noodles, you want them stay together and not break or tear)
4. Prepare your cheese mixture while the pasta is cooking. Mix together ricotta cheese, egg, salt, and pepper. Add in Mozzarella, Parmesan, and Romano cheese.
5. Lay your cooked lasagna noodles out flat, one at a time, side by side. Be careful, they are hot. :)
6. Spoon a layer of your cheese mixture onto your noodles and spread evenly. Top with spoon full (desired amount) of sauce, spread evenly to create an additional layer. Top each with a layer of grated Mozzarella.
7. Spoon a few tablespoons of your sauce in the bottom of your baking dish. Roll each layered noodle to create layered roll and place in your baking dish.
8. Top with remaining sauce and shredded cheese, bake for 35 minutes.