Thursday, January 6, 2011

Lasagna Rolls with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Yield: 4 servings * Overall price: ~ $20 * Calories: ~ 400
Ingredients
Lasagna:
8 uncooked lasagna noodles
4 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 (8-ounce) package sliced mushroom
1 (6-ounce) package fresh baby spinach
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup (2 ounce) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Roasted Red Pepper Sauce:
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (7-ounce) bottle roasted red bell peppers, undrained
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper


Directions
1. To prepare lasagna, cook noodles according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain and rinse with cold water. Drain.
2. Heat oil in a large nonstock skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, mushrooms, spinach, and 3 garlic cloves; saute 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in cheeses and next 3 ingredients.
3. To prepare sauce, place vinegar and next 6 ingredients in a blender; process until smooth.
4. Place cooked noodles on a flat surface; spread 1/4 cup cheese mixture over each noodle. Roll up noodles, jelly-roll fashion, starting with short side. Place rolls, seam sides down, in a shallow 2-quart microwave-safe dish. Pour 1/4 cup sauce over each roll, and cover with heavy-duty plastic wrap. Microwave at high 5 minutes or until throughly heated. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoon basil.

Thoughts:
This was pretty easy. It was kinda spicy, but that could be fixed with less usage of crushed red pepper. We had ceasar salad as a side and I think it good with it.
Dad is one of those males that has to have meat at every meal. He was pleasantly surprised at how much he enjoyed the lasagna. He saw me making it and asked where the meat was. He made a face when I told him it was meatless. He wants it again.
Mom thought it was yummy, but thought it was a little on the spicy hot side, hence why dad liked it so much. She too wouldn't mind having it again.
Izzy thought it was delicious, although I did have to pick off the mushrooms for her at first, she didnt mind the little that was left. Izzy even said that she was going to try to make this at home, and considering she doesn't even like to cook, that's saying something.

1 comment:

  1. looks so good anna!! we are going to have a blast making stuff when you get back home!! :)

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