Best Cheesy Spinach Lasagna Recipes

MAKE-AHEAD CHEESY TURKEY SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, cook lasagna noodles as directed on package. Drain; rinse with hot water. Drain well.
• Meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add turkey, garlic and Italian seasoning; cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring frequently, until turkey is no longer pink. Stir in 1 jar pasta sauce; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer to medium bowl; cool 10 minutes.
• In medium bowl, mix spinach, carrot, ricotta cheese and eggs.
• Spread slightly less than 1/4 cup ricotta mixture evenly along center of each cooked lasagna noodle. Spread 1/4 cup turkey mixture over ricotta mixture, to within 1 inch of one short end. Roll up firmly toward unfilled end. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil. Place roll-ups seam side down in pan; cover loosely with foil. Freeze about 30 minutes or until firm.
• Place frozen rolls in two labeled 1-gallon airtight freezer bags. Freeze up to 3 months.
• To bake 16 lasagna roll-ups, spray two 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dishes with cooking spray. Remove roll-ups from freezer bag; place 8 in each baking dish. Cover with foil; thaw in refrigerator at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Divide remaining jar of pasta sauce between baking dishes, pouring over and down sides of roll-ups. Cover tightly with foil; bake 40 to 50 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Remove foil; sprinkle each dish with 1 cup mozzarella cheese; bake 3 to 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Top with basil.

LOW FAT CHEESY SPINACH AND EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Drop lasagna noodles into water and add 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Cook until noodles are tender but still slightly firm, about 8 minutes.
• Drain water from the noodles and let cool.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Cook and stir garlic and eggplant chunks until eggplant is partially cooked, about 7 minutes.
• Pour tomato sauce into the skillet and simmer until eggplant is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Combine ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper, and egg in a bowl.
• Mix spinach into ricotta cheese mixture.
• Spread a layer of tomato sauce mixture into the bottom of a 9x12-inch baking dish.
• Place 4 noodles on top of the sauce, overlapping if necessary.
• Spoon 1/3 of the remaining tomato sauce over noodles.
• Spread 1/3 of the ricotta mixture over the tomato sauce
• Repeat layers twice more, starting with noodles and following with sauce and ricotta mixture.
• Top the lasagna with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until the ricotta filling is set and mozzarella cheese topping is lightly browned, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

CHEESY SPINACH LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Cook lasagna noodles as directed on package. Drain; rinse with hot water.
• Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook ground turkey and garlic over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until turkey is no longer pink; drain, if necessary. Stir in pasta sauce, Italian seasoning and fennel. Reduce heat to low; simmer uncovered about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• In small bowl, mix ricotta cheese, carrot, spinach and egg whites. Spread each cooked lasagna noodle with generous 1/4 cup spinach filling to within 1 inch of one short end. Roll up firmly toward unfilled end.
• Reserve 1 1/2 cups sauce. In ungreased 12x8-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish, pour remaining sauce. Arrange roll-ups, seam side down, in sauce. Pour reserved sauce over roll-ups.
• Cover tightly with foil; bake 30 to 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese; bake uncovered 3 to 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

CHEESY SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine spinach, ricotta, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs, Italian herb seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper in medium bowl. Stir in mushrooms. Set aside. Grease a 13 x 9-inch pan. Line with a single layer of lasagna noodles. Top with half of spinach/cheese mixture. Pour half of spaghetti sauce over all. Repeat. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese over the top. Cover with foil. Bake 25 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Let rest 10 minutes before cutting for easy serving.

CHEESY SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add lasagna pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and rinse with cold water.
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside. Cook spinach according to directions; drain well.
• In a bowl beat the cream cheese on medium speed with electric mixer. Add eggs and beat until fluffy. Stir in provolone cheese, cottage cheese, bacon and garlic powder. Layer half of lasagna noodles in a greased baking dish. Spread with half of cheese mixture and half of the spinach. Top with the remaining lasagna noodles, spinach and cheese.
• Cover and bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes or until heated through.

CHEESY CHICKEN AND SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in butter 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden brown.
• Stir in Sauce Mix, hot water and 1 cup milk. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Stir in uncooked Pasta; heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in spinach and tomato. Remove from heat.
• Stir Supreme Topping Mix and 1/4 cup milk about 30 seconds or until almost smooth. Stir chicken mixture; pour cheese mixture evenly over chicken mixture. Let stand uncovered about 5 minutes or until sauce is as thick as you'd like (sauce will thicken as it stands).

CHEESY SPINACH LASAGNA ROLLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Cook noodles as directed on package, omitting salt. Drain. Mix soup, milk, 1/2 tsp. oregano and 1/2 tsp. basil in medium bowl; set aside.
• Mix egg, ricotta, Parmesan, garlic powder, remaining oregano and remaining basil. Spread 1/4 cup onto each noodle; top evenly with spinach and carrots. Roll up tightly; place, seam-sides down, in 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Pour soup mixture over roll-ups; cover with foil.
• Bake 30 min. Uncover; bake 5 min. or until heated through.

CHEESY SPINACH VEGETABLE LASAGNA BY NOREEN

Steps:

• Rinse spinach well. Place in a covered pot. You don't need extra water. The leaves are wet. Place on medium high heat. Stir and check on spinach. Cook until done about 5-10 minutes. Rinse under cold water. Squeeze at least half of the juice out of the spinach. You may save juice to cook noodles in. Place drsined snd squeezed Spinach in a food processor. Add the salt eggs and the oil. Pulse until it is blended and pureed.
• Place The flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the pile of flour. Pour spinach mixture into well. Mix well with spoon. Knead well with hands. If it is sticky add a little bit of flour at a time to it. Keep turning and kneading it until stickiness is gone and it is elastic. Add flour as necessary to accomplish this. It will still be slightly sticky but you'll see the elasticity. Make into a ball set aside to rest for five minutes.
• Take the ball of dough. Divide it in half. Place on a floured surface. Flour both sides of 1/2 the ball. Make into a rectangle. Roll dough until it is about 12 x 12" long. Cut six 2 inch strips out of dough with sharp knife. Remove strips to lay on racks. Repeat with other half of dough. You should have 12 noodles. Trim noodles to size of pan you are using for Lasagna. 9x13 For this recipe. Noodles will stretch a bit when you remove them from floured surface. That is fine. Lay noodles between sheets of waxed paper. Cover well. Place in fridge. Use within 24 hours. Make sure to cook noodles in boiling water for 10 minutes before layering.
• Make Marinara sauce. Empty jars into large sauce pan. Add the chopped carrots, basil, Italian seasoning, and Garlic into the sauce. Heat burner to high. Stir until it boils. Reduce heat to low. While simmering. Sauté peppers and onions in a tablespoon of olive oil. Cook until onions are translucent. Add to sauce. Leave sauce to simmer. ( note: you can make this a day ahead as well if wanted)
• Make white sauce: melt butter in a small pan. Add flour. Stir to make a paste. Add milk, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Cook and stir constantly over medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/4 cup Parmagiano cheese. Set aside.
• Mix cottage cheese with 1/2 cup parmigiano cheese and parsley. Add the egg and stir well to combine.
• Cook noodles for 10 minutes in boiling water. I cook mine in the same water I cooked the spinach in. Just add more water if needed. Drain pasta. In a 13x 9 inch pan. Place 1/2 the Marinara vegetable sauce on bottom of pan. Lay 4 noodles on top. Top with 1/2 the cottage cheese mixture. Scatter 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup of the marinerra on top. Place 4 noodles over it. Pour white sauce over noodles. Spread evenly. Top with the rest of the cottage cheese mixture. Scatter Spinach over it. Place the remaining noodles on top. Top with the remaining Marinerra sauce. Top the sauce with the Mozzarella cheese.
• Place in oven with oil sprayed foil laying over top loosely. Spray dull side foil with oil. Lay oiled side on top of lasagna. Do not enclose lasagna with foil. It is just to prevent cheese from over browning. Bake about 45 minutes. Remove foil. Continue baking until Mozzarella is melted nicely and slightly browning. Remove from oven. Let it rest 30 minutes before cutting. Cut with spatula and serve.