This recipe comes from erinrosefitness.com. I have modified it slightly. It makes a very filling dinner and is great for leftovers!
For the Fixers: 1 serving is 2 rolls ups and equals 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 red, and 1 blue.
Ingredients:
- 8 sheets of whole grain lasagna
- 15 oz tub of Ricotta cheese
- 1 1/3 cup mozzarella and/or Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 tea salt
- 4 cups frozen, chopped spinach and/or kale (in a bag, not a box)
- 1 regular jar (24-32 oz) of low or no sugar marinara sauce
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Boil lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain and lay on wax paper.
- In a medium bowl, blend Ricotta, egg, salt, and mozzarella until well mixed.
- Mix in spinach and/or kale.
- Spread 1/4 cup of marinara on the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
- Spread spinach mixture evenly over 8 lasagna sheets.
- Roll up lasagna sheets and put into 9x13 pan.
- Dump the rest of the marinara sauce over the rolls.
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes or until heated through.
Do i mix in the frozen spinach or thaw it
ReplyDeleteJust mix the frozen! Makes it easy-peasy! :)
DeleteCould you use fresh kale or spinach?
ReplyDeleteYou definitely could! I would just chop it up as small as you can so it mixes well!
DeleteI would wilt it first, spinach (not 100% sure about kale) tends to release a lot of water when it cooks, so it might make the filling watery!
DeleteDoes 2 roll ups count for 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 red and 1 blue or is it 1 roll up for these containers? Also, do you count the sauce?
ReplyDeleteI have the same question. Would the sauce count for a purple? Maybe 1/2 purple?
DeleteYes, I count 2 roll as 1 of each yellow, green, red, and blue. I count tomato sauce as a green not a purple so I just don't worry about counting it since it's a little bit of bonus green but not a ton. And it's hard to overeat greens.
DeleteWhat is the red?
ReplyDeleteRicotta is a red!
Delete