Spinach lasagna roll-ups is one of those recipes that you might not think you’ll like until you try it. But once you do, you’ll be glad you did! ~ Mama Peggy
Ingredients
- ▢ — 14 uncooked lasagna noodles
- ▢ — 1 large onion (finely chopped)
- ▢ — 2 tsp olive oil
- ▢ — 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ▢ — 3 ½ tbsp all purpose flour
- ▢ — 3 ½ cups 1% low fat milk
- ▢ — 1 ¾ tsp salt, divided
- ▢ — ½ tsp freshly ground pepper, divided
- ▢ — ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
- ▢ — 1 (16 oz) bag frozen cut leaf spinach, thawed
- ▢ — 1 (24 oz) container small curd cottage cheese
- ▢ — 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- ▢ — 1 large egg
- ▢ — ⅓ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- ▢ — Cook 7 lasagna noodles according to the package directions.
- ▢ — Remove with tongs or a slotted spoon to a large bown of cold water.
- ▢ — Repeat with remaining noodles.
- ▢ — Drain noodles and arrange in a single layer on clean paper towels.
- ▢ — Cover with plastic wrap.
- ▢ — Cook onions in hot oil in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until onion is caramel colored.
- ▢ — Add garlic, and saute 1 minute. Reserve ¼ cup onion mixture.
- ▢ — Whisk flour into remaining onion mixture in saucepan, and cook, whisking contantly, 1 minute.
- ▢ — Gradually whisk in milk.
- ▢ — Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 8 to 10 minutes or until sauce is thickened and bubbly.
- ▢ — Remove from heat; stir in ¾ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper, and ⅛ tsp nutmeg.
- ▢ — Spoon ½ cup sauce into lightly greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
- ▢ — Drain spinach well, pressing between paper towels.
- ▢ — Preheat overn to 425 degrees.
- ▢ — Stir together spinach, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, egg, reserved ¼ cup onion mixture, and remaining 1 tsp of salt and ¼ tsp pepper.
- ▢ — Spread about 3 tbsp spinach mixture over 1 noodle; roll up firmly and place, seam side down, in prepared baking dish.
- ▢ — Repeat with remaining noodles and spinach mixture.
- ▢ — Spoon remaining sauce over roll-ups and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
- ▢ — Bake at 425 degrees for 2 to 25 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
- ▢ — Let stand 5 minutes before serving.







