Monday, May 21, 2012

Three Cheese Spinach Lasagna Pinwheels


Where to begin? To tell you all about my love for spinach?  Rather how about confess that I ate the whole plate?  Decisions, decisions what's a girl to do.

Let's state some facts. Shavous is  a few days away.

Don't have patience to hang out in the kitchen all day, when the weather outside is gorgeous?

Want a delicious, satisfying dish that's simple to prepare?

Last but not least, Ingredients you probably have at home and you can whip this up anytime, and freeze for later use. Now calm down, The recipe is coming, I know you want it.


Three Cheese Spinach Lasagna Pinwheels
1 box lasagna noodles
1 15oz. container ricotta cheese
3 eggs, beaten
1 32 oz. bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed and thoroughly drained
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
dash of black pepper
1/4 tsp. salt
1 jar favorite marinara sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese. for topping

Cook lasagna noodles in a large pot of boiling water with 1 tbsp. salt for 8-10 minutes. Rinse under cold water and set aside.

To prepare filling. Combine defrosted spinach,eggs, ricotta, parmesan and spices mix well.


Lay out each lasagna strip place a few tablespoons of spinach cheese mixture and roll up. (Make sure to keep edges clean for a beautiful presentation). Follow with remaining lasagna noodles. Pour some marinara sauce on the bottom of your baking dish. Add each lasagna roll up on top of marinara sauce and make sure pasta fits snugly in the pan. Finish with remaining marinara sauce and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.

Bake at 350 degrees covered for 20 minutes. then uncover and bake additional 10 minutes.

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