Pasta Twist
Vegetable Lasagna Swirls
Make this dinner favourite as part of your family's menu.
Preparation Time:
25 Minutes
Ingredients:
| 8 | lasagna noodles | |
| 3 tbsp | butter | 45 mL |
| 4 cups | chopped fresh mushrooms | 1 L |
| 1 cup | chopped onion | 250 mL |
| 1 pkg | chopped frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed dry | 300 g |
| 2 | eggs, beaten | |
| 2 cups | shredded Canadian Mozzarella* cheese | 500 mL |
| 1 cup | Canadian Cottage** cheese | 250 mL |
| 1/2 cup | grated Canadian Parmesan cheese | 125 mL |
| Salt and pepper | ||
| 3 | cans pizza sauce | 7 1/2 oz/213 mL each |
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
In large saucepan or Dutch oven, cook lasagna according to package directions; drain. In large frypan, melt butter. Sauté mushrooms and onion until tender and liquid has evaporated; let cool. Stir in spinach, eggs, Canadian Mozzarella, Cottage and Parmesan cheeses. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Spread about 3/4 cup (175 mL) cheese mixture along each noodle, leaving 1 inch (2.5 cm) at one end uncovered. Roll up from filled end. Carefully cut rolls in half crosswise. Spread pizza sauce in 3-qt (3 L) rectangular baking dish. Arrange rolls, curly edges up, in sauce. Cover and bake 45 minutes or until heated through.
In large saucepan or Dutch oven, cook lasagna according to package directions; drain. In large frypan, melt butter. Sauté mushrooms and onion until tender and liquid has evaporated; let cool. Stir in spinach, eggs, Canadian Mozzarella, Cottage and Parmesan cheeses. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Spread about 3/4 cup (175 mL) cheese mixture along each noodle, leaving 1 inch (2.5 cm) at one end uncovered. Roll up from filled end. Carefully cut rolls in half crosswise. Spread pizza sauce in 3-qt (3 L) rectangular baking dish. Arrange rolls, curly edges up, in sauce. Cover and bake 45 minutes or until heated through.
Vegetable Lasagna:
In shallow 3 qt (3 L) rectangular baking dish, alternately layer half of the lasagna noodles, half the vegetable-cheese mixture and half the sauce; repeat layers. Bake as above.
* Change the taste of this great recipe by using shredded Canadian Provolone or Fontina cheese.
** Canadian Ricotta cheese can also be used for this recipe.
**Courtesy of: Dairy Farmers of Canada and Fairmont Hotels