Easy Lasagna Roll Ups

This easy cheesy lasagna recipe can be made in one pan for a larger family, such as mine, or split in to two pans, eat one and freeze one for later!

This is not the first lasagna I’ve shared on E2g, but it might be the most popular. We love ourselves some lah-zag-nah! The sauce is simple, there’s not too much cheese but just a enough, and well the little roll-ups are just plain cute!

Easy Lasagna Roll-ups are basically a spin on my moms lasagna.  I grew up eating lasagna made with cottage cheese, cripes I never even heard of ricotta cheese until after I was married!  If you are used to using ricotta cheese and for some reason the idea of cottage cheese in lasagna freaks you out, get over yourself and give this a try!  You would know the difference if someone didn’t tell you.  Plus if you are trying to keep grocery costs down or you are on a tight budget cottage cheese is more cost effective and has less fat than ricotta.

Get started by cooking your sauce, and boiling your noodles.

Combine your cheese mixture.

Don’t let this step scare you, if you pretend you are rolling p a sleeping bag that has eggs in it, you will do just fine, in other words roll lightly, no need to squish the guts out….

Cover bottom of pan with sauce, and place roll-ups seam side down in pan.

Cover noodle roll-ups with sauce, cover pan with foil, place in preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes.  Remove and sprinkle remaining cup of cheese over the top and return uncovered to oven to bake for remaining 15 minutes.

Easy Lasagna Roll Ups

Sheila

This meal checks all the boxes, delicious, budget friendly, easy to make!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Servings 6 servings

Equipment

• 1 large pot for cooking lasagna noodles
• 1 6 quart sauce pan for making red sauce
• 1 9x13 or 7x11 inch casserole dish

Ingredients

  

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noodle roll ups

• 12 whole cooked lasagna noodles
• 24 ounce container small curd, low-fat cottage cheese
• 2 cups Italian blend shredded cheese shredded mozzarella works as well
• 2 whole eggs
• 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning blend
• 1/2 tsp salt

sauce

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning blend
• 1 -24 ounce jar of your favorite meatless spaghetti sauce I use Rao or Prego
• 1 -28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
• 1 tbsp sugar
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

preheat oven to 375°

• Sauce: Brown meat with onion and garlic, when meat is no longer pink add in 1 tablespoon of Italian Spice Blend saute for a few minutes longer.

  Add jar of spaghetti sauce, crushed tomatoes, sugar, salt, and pepper to pan bring to a low boil, stir to combine ingredients and flavors, turn stove down to low, cover pan, and allow sauce to cook for 20-30 minutes.
• Noodles: While sauce is cooking you can be cooking the lasagna noodles. Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water for 6 minutes, remove noodles to a baking sheet and lay flat.
• Cheese Filling: In a mixing bowl blend together cottage cheese, eggs, 1 cup of the shredded cheese, 1/2 teaspoon of Italian herb seasoning, and salt until starting to look frothy and its well combined. About 2 minutes.
• Assembly:

  Ladle sauce into bottom of a 7×11, 9×13, or if making two meals from this recipe use 2 square 9×9 baking pans.

  Lay noodle on a flat surface, such as a cutting board, spoon 2 tablespoons of cheese mixture down the middle of lasagna noodle starting at the end closest to you gently roll noodle up like a sleeping bag, do not press as you roll or the cheese will squish out. Place each roll up into pan with the seam side down.

  Ladle sauce over noodles to completely cover (you will most likely have some sauce left over). Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes, remove foil and sprinkle remaining cup of cheese over the top, return to oven uncovered and bake for another 15 minutes or until cheese melts and starts to brown.

Notes

Serving Suggestions: serve with garlic knots and green salad. 

 

Freezer instructions: Assemble in a freezer proof baking dish, allow to completely cool, cover tightly with plastic wrap, then foil. Freeze for up to 3 months. Remove and allow to thaw. You may need to bake for an additional 15 minutes. *Remember to remove plastic wrap before baking!

Keyword cheese, dinner, easy meal, freezer meal, pasta, red sauce

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My family is not typically a lover of leftovers, but this they will eat two nights in a row!  What are some of your favorite cost conscience recipes?

Peace, love, and cheesy lahzagnah!
Sheila

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