Low Fat Lasagna Roll Ups Vegetarian Too Recipes

LIGHTER SIMPLE LASAGNA ROLL UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Brown ground turkey with garlic in a nonstick skillet over medium heat, breaking the turkey up as it cooks, until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Stir spinach, chives, oregano, parsley, and basil into ground turkey mixture, cook until heated through, and remove from heat.
• Lightly beat egg whites in a bowl and mix ricotta, feta, and Parmesan cheeses into beaten egg whites. Season with black pepper. Stir ground turkey mixture into cheese mixture.
• Lay cooked lasagna noodles flat onto a sheet of waxed paper. Divide filling into 8 equal portions and roll the filling into balls. Place a filling ball on one end of a noodle and roll the pasta up around the filling; repeat with remaining noodles and filling.
• Spread a thin layer of pasta sauce over the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish; place rolls into dish with seam sides down. Pour remaining pasta sauce over rolls and sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese topping has melted and the sauce is bubbling, about 40 minutes.

LOW FAT LASAGNA ROLL UPS! (VEGETARIAN TOO!)

Steps:

• COOK lasagna noodles and drain; no need to include salt if keep stirring.
• Cut noodles in half length-wise and let sit for a couple of minutes for easier handling.
• In bowl, COMBINE ricotta, egg, parmesan, basil, oregano, parsley and pepper; adjust seasoning to your tastes --- can include garlic if desired.
• Place 3/4 cups of pasta sauce in baking pan.
• With cooled noodle, place above mixture on top to cover all of the noodle (About 3 teaspoons).
• Roll from closest end to you and place upward into baking pan.
• Complete process with rest of noodles and top with rest of pasta sauce; add mozzarella cheese on top.
• Bake in 180 F oven for about 15 minutes covered with al foil.
• Remove al foil and bake for an additional 20 - 25 minutes until lightly brown on top.
• ENJOY!
• NOTE: I served on bed of rocket, tomatoes, and feta.

VEGGIE LASAGNA ROLLUPS

Steps:

• For the noodles: Cook the noodles according to the package instructions. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Drain the noodles and transfer them to the prepared sheet.
• For the sauce: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions and cook for a minute. Add the red peppers and saute for another minute or so. Add the mushrooms, yellow squash and zucchini and cook for a few minutes. Pour in the wine, add the red pepper flakes and some salt and pepper and stir. Pour in the tomatoes, using your hands to squeeze and crush the tomatoes, and add the tomato paste. Stir to combine, bring to a simmer and let simmer for 20 minutes or so. Stir in the parsley.
• For the ricotta mix: In a bowl, combine the ricotta, Parmesan, eggs, 1/4 teaspoon salt and some pepper.
• To assemble: Grab a foil loaf pan and spoon in 1/4 to 1/2 cup of the sauce on the bottom of the pan. Lay out 3 noodles and spoon 1/4 cup of the ricotta mix on each and spread evenly. Roll each noodle tightly and place the rolled noodles in the loaf pan on top of the sauce. Top with more sauce and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella and Parmesan. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Cook immediately, or cover with foil and freeze.
• To cook immediately, bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F until bubbly, about 25 minutes. To cook frozen, remove the loaf pans from the freezer and bake, covered, at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake until the cheese is nice and bubbly, an additional 10 minutes.

LOW FAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly oil bottom of baking pan.
• Stir one cup of the chicken stock into the spaghetti sauce and set aside.
• Whisk the egg.
• Stir in ricotta cheese and one cup of the mozzarella.
• Add garlic, salt and pepper and set aside.
• Brown and drain the ground beef making sure to break it into very small pieces.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook the spinach until it is half done, approximately two-thirds of the time indicated on the microwave directions.
• Sauté the onion in 1/2 cup chicken stock until it is translucent.
• Cook the mushrooms in the remaining 1/2 cup chicken stock adding the soy sauce and vinegar.
• Simmer until all liquid is absorbed.
• Mix together beef, spinach, onions and mushrooms.
• Build the lasagna starting with a layer of sauce in the bottom of the pan.
• *Add one layer of the uncooked noodles followed by more sauce, 1/3 of the cheese mixture and 1/3 of the spinach/beef mixture.
• Repeat two more times, finishing off with the spinach mixture and the remaining sauce.
• Bake uncovered for 45 minutes, until liquid around the edges has been absorbed.
• Sprinkle remaining mozzarella on top and bake for 15 minutes more.
• To freeze: Bake, cool, wrap well, and label. freeze up to 2 months. *Note: You can assemble and freeze without cooking and cook on the day to be eaten!
• To serve, defrost overnight and then bake until warmed through, or bake from frozen for 1 hour and a half.

SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. Meanwhile, mix eggs, spinach, cheeses and seasonings., Pour 1 cup pasta sauce into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Spread 1/3 cup cheese mixture over each noodle; roll up and place over sauce, seam side down. Top with remaining sauce. Bake, covered, 20 minutes. Uncover; bake until heated through, 5-10 minutes longer.

VEGETABLE LASAGNA (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
• Tomato Sauce: Heat oil in a large saucepan.
• Sauté vegetables until tender.
• Stir through tomatoes, tomato paste, water and salt (or other seasonings) and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• White Sauce: Place flour in a saucepan or bowl.
• Gradually add milk, stirring until smooth.
• Place over medium heat and stir (or microwave on High 100% for 7 minutes, stirring after every minute) until mixture boils and thickens.
• Stir salt and cheese through sauce.
• To assemble, place a layer of lasagne sheets over the base of a lightly greased 20cm x 33cm ovenproof dish.
• Spread with half of the tomato mixture, then half of the white sauce mixture.
• Repeat lasagne, tomato and white sauce layers ending with white sauce.
• Sprinkle with extra cheese.
• Bake in moderate oven for 40 minutes.

VEGETABLE LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Cook noodles. Drain and lay flat. Thaw spinach and broccoli. Squeeze completely dry.
• Drain mushrooms. Empty Ricotta cheese into deep bowl, add three egg yolks, a handful of Parmesan cheese, a dash of nutmeg and parsley. Mix with spoon.
• Add mozzarella, spinach, broccoli and mushrooms. Mix well.
• Spread some sauce onto bottom of lasagna pan. Use rubber spatula to spread Ricotta mixture onto length of lasagna noodles and roll tightly.
• Put roll ups into lasagna pan, seam down. Fit roll ups snuggly.
• Add sauce to top of roll ups.
• Add grated cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees uncovered for about 40 minutes.