Lasagna Roll Ups Recipe


Unfortunately, I have yet to post a lasagna recipe but I have something just as good- Lasagna roll ups. Lasagna roll ups are cooked lasagna noodles rolled up with a cheese mixture and baked in a sauce. If you are not a fan of cottage cheese it could be replaced with ricotta. This dish uses three different types of cheeses- cottage, parmesan and mozzarella. Don’t worry if you want meat in your meals, the sauce is a meat sauce. The meat sauce is very delicious and slightly spicy. It gets the heat from a little bit of cayenne pepper, you can adjust the amount of cayenne to your taste. This is a fantastic dish to bring to a party or even to have as a meal. Serve with garlic bread. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
Sauce-
¼ lb ground beef
2 tablespoons onion (chopped)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 (16 oz) can crushed tomatoes
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon dried oregano
1 dash cayenne pepper (or more to your taste)
Filling-
1 ¼ cups small curd cottage cheese
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
1 egg (lightly beaten)
1 tablespoon fresh parsley (minced)
¼ teaspoon onion powder
6 lasagna noodles (cooked)
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: In a large skillet cook ground beef, onion and garlic until the beef is no longer pink. Drain any excess fat from the pan. Add tomatoes, oregano, salt and cayenne. Simmer for 10 minutes. Spread half of the meat sauce on the bottom of a greased 9” baking dish.
Step 2: In a bowl combine cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, egg, parsley and onion powder. Spread ¼ cup of the cheese mixture evenly over each lasagna noodle. Roll up and place seam side down in rows in the baking dish. Top with remaining sauce.

Step 3: Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes. About 5 minutes before the dish is finished cooking remove from the oven and top with shredded mozzarella cheese. Return to oven and cook until cheese has melted.
(Makes 2 servings)

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23 Comments so far

  1. Victor on April 27th, 2009

    lasagna roll, what a great idea!

  2. Krista on April 27th, 2009

    I’m so hungry now! This sounds so simple!

    Thank you!

  3. Nancy on April 27th, 2009

    This has been added to my menu plan this week. One thing I do differently is to put the cottage cheese in my little blender to get the chunks out. My family thinks it’s the more costly ricotta…

  4. Mrs. Fuzz on April 27th, 2009

    These look awesome. I saw some other recipes for these, but this is the one I will try. I love your recipes and photos.

  5. Russell on April 27th, 2009

    I’m going to do this, except use soy sausage instead of real meat. Yummm

  6. Juno on April 27th, 2009

    A lovely and good-looking recipe. Thank you! I haven’t seen lasagna pasta with frilly edges here in South Africa, but I guess your recipe will work just as well with ordinary lasagna sheets of pasta. I will give it a try…

  7. Sara on April 27th, 2009

    Wow, those look awesome, and so much less work than an actual lasagna. Your food always looks so good! These are going on the list.

  8. ninette on April 27th, 2009

    These look delicious!

  9. Bunny on April 27th, 2009

    These look fantastic!! I have to try this, my hubby’s favorite meal is lasagna!

  10. Kevin on April 27th, 2009

    This is a great take on the classic lasagna!

  11. MK on April 28th, 2009

    It must have been the pictures, but I made these the second I saw them yesterday. I had to run to the store to get a few ingredients, but I live close by, so it was easy. Until I realised I bought sour cream, instead of cottage cheese. *Grumbles* Back to the store again.

    But even with my own complications, this turned out yummy, and super easy! I added spinach to the cottage cheese mix, because, well.. I love spinach. And I suspect these would make up vegetarian really well!

    Thanks for posting! Sooo good!

  12. s, stockwell on April 28th, 2009

    What a great idea!! We will do these sometime this week. Excellent! Best from Santa Barbara, s

  13. zestycook on April 28th, 2009

    This looks amazing!! I am so hungry right now… I had to stumble it as well! Great Job.

  14. Gaetane Beaupre on April 28th, 2009

    Thanks Oza,

    for the excellent recipe. Long time, I did one like this. As I was telling you, you always inspire me.

    p.s.: I will add ground beef vege instead of…

  15. Regina on April 30th, 2009

    I made these the other night and I had absolutely none left when dinner was over. Thank you for the great recipe.

  16. Angela on May 1st, 2009

    This is a fantastic idea, as a single person it will be so easy to freeze separately for the week.
    Thanks for the tip. Great pics.

  17. Food Lover on May 7th, 2009

    Is it really as tasty as it looks in the pictures? I got to give this recipe a try. Thanx for posting this yummy recipe over here.

  18. Jake on May 13th, 2009

    This looks delicious. I’m going to have to try your lasagna roll ups this weekend. Yum!

  19. Judy on May 28th, 2009

    I’ve been looking for this recipe. I saw it flash by on a TV show and knew I wanted to make them. Thanks.

  20. Deb on November 21st, 2009

    The Lasagna Roll-ups were delicious and easy to make. The small amount of cayenne was a wonderful addition. I used a little more than a half pound of ground beef because that is what I had frozen and a 14.5 oz. can of diced tomatoes because that is what I had on hand. That kind of messed the sauce up because it wasn’t as saucy, so to remedy that, I added a small can of tomato paste and 2 tsp. of sugar. I really liked this recipe because it was just the right size instead of a big pan of lasagna. Your presentation photo makes this recipe irresistible! Thanks for sharing this recipe.

  21. Phil in Maine on December 21st, 2009

    Sorry I didn’t like the taste of the Lasagna Roll-ups. I’ll Stick to my Lasagna recipe.

  22. Betty on April 21st, 2010

    I made this recipe when I had company and it was a big hit. So delicious. I also had a few left over of which I put in the freezer for another time. They were great. Thanks

  23. Hope on June 24th, 2010

    Wow! So many comments! But I understand why because I made these last night and they were absolutely wonderful! I doubled the recipe so I could have some for lunch the next day and they actually microwaved really well. All my co-workers were very jealous and commented about how good they smelled. Of course I didn’t share though =P

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