#33: Lasagna Roll Ups

This recipe came from the discussions page on Facebook from 30 Day gourmet.  I basically took our regular lasagna recipe and put the filling into a precooked lasagna noodle and rolled it up.  I baked it basically the same was as we do the lasagna too.  We used to buy lasagna roll ups from Market Day but these are just as good and definitely less expensive!

Brian liked these just as much as he does the lasagna, I enjoyed it too, but for somereason I like the pan of lasagna better (more noodles maybe?)

For the cheese filling:
In a large bowl mix first 7 ingredients until well blended. Set aside


For the meat/sauce filling:
In a medium bowl mix spaghetti sauce and cooked ground beef.

Cook a box of lasagna noodles according to the directions.  When cooked and just slightly cooled (enough that you can handle them), lay the noodles out on a cutting board (or just use your counter, but it'll be a bit messy).  Put a large spoonful of cheese mixture on a noodle and spread it out.  Top w/meat sauce and spread over the cheese.  Sprinkle some mozzarella ontop of the sauce and roll up the noodle starting at one end.  Place all roll ups on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.  Flash freeze then bag meal size portions in a ziplock bag.  (I individually wrapped all of mine in wax paper so they wouldn't stick). 

When ready to bake, remove from freezer.  Pour extra spaghetti sauce on the bottom of an 8x8 or 9x13 pan (we ended up using 2 meat loaf pans and put 3 roll ups in each).  Layer rollups on top of sauce and top with more sauce.  Cover and bake (yes they are still frozen at this point!) for 45 min.  Uncover, top with shredded mozzarella cheese and bake an additional 15 min.  Let stand 5 min before serving.