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Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups

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A weeknight dish that tastes as special and full of flavor as any slow-cooked lasagna casserole. Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups is also great if you have kids that love to help in the kitchen.

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups on blue plate

There’s a time for puttering around the kitchen, experimenting with a slow-cooked meal. But that time is not on busy week days. On a Monday night, puttering and experimenting in the kitchen? After a day of work, pet care, the gym or practice, laundry, homework… for starters? Not going to happen. And let’s be honest, sometimes you just don’t feel like making the big effort. But even on nights like this it’s possible to feed the family a great meal that’s not only delicious, but also quick and easy. Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups is all those things.

Lasagna rolls can be made with any of your standard lasagna fixings… meat sauce, white sauce, sausage or lots of vegetables. This ‘caprese’ version using fresh tomatoes, mozarella and basil is fresh and tasty.

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups on a blue plate

I started with a recipe found on Tastes Better From Scratch and incorporated my own favorite ingredients and methods from there. Let me walk you through the recipe…

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups

On a sheet of parchment paper, line up cooked lasagna noodles. Next, mix the cheese filling (low-moisture mozzarella, ricotta, and Parmesan). Add a dash of fresh parsley, black pepper and crushed red pepper to the cheese and an egg is whisked in to create a binding medium. Very thinly slice some Roma tomatoes.

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups

Layer the cheese, fresh spinach leaves and tomatoes over the noodles . Four tomato slices per noodle is perfect. Before rolling everything up, sprinkle with more fresh basil and extra Parmesan cheese.

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups

Fold the roll ups tightly…

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups on parachment

After the noodles are all rolled up, spread a thin layer of marinara sauce in the bottom of a baking dish and place the rolls seam side down, side by side.

Mozzarella sprinkled on top

Spoon the rest of the sauce over the roll ups, these are delicious with homemade or a good quality store-bought marinara. A 32-ounce jar works well, but if you like extra sauce, use more. Cover the sauce-covered roll ups with a layer of mozzarella cheese and bake for thirty minutes or until the cheese is nice and bubbly. Good Dinner Note: Regarding jarred pasta sauces, you get what you pay for. I don’t mind paying a little extra when I know the ingredients are good, and even jars on the pricey end of the scale can still contribute to an economical meal. A couple that continually rank high in national taste tests are Rao’s Homemade Marinara Sauce and Giada’s Pasta Sauce (Target). No compensation or request of any kind was made by either of these companies. This is my own opinion with some data to back it up in the outlinks. Back to the roll ups. Right out of the oven, sprinkle extra basil and Parmesan Cheese before serving.

Using fresh tomatoes and spinach adds a nice al fresco flair to the lasagna and the combination of cheese and herbs with a tomatoey marinara melts together for hearty Italian flavor.

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups

This is an easy weeknight dish that tastes as special and full of flavor as any slow-cooked Sunday lasagna casserole. Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups is also a great recipe if you have kids that love to help in the kitchen. Each roll is a pretty substantial helping, but I list two roll ups per serving in the printable recipe. Give this recipe a try and let me know what you think… in no time, dinner is served. And p.s. if you have a small family, or very large family… this recipe is perfect for sizing down or doubling. Make a few rolls and place them in a smaller casserole dish or double the recipe in two 9×13″ pans.

Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups offer fresh, authentic lasagna flavor in a fraction of the time it takes to create a tradtional lasagna.

If this recipe isn’t fast and easy enough for you, try my Lasagna Soup for lasagna flavor in under 30 minutes.

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Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups

This recipe can be assembled ahead of time and refrigerated for a day before baking. Because of the fresh tomatoes and spinach, this dish tastes best out of the oven. Leftovers still taste great, but is superb the first day.
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 5 servings
Calories 688
Author Good Dinner Mom

Ingredients 

  • 10 lasagna noodles, of your choice
  • 4 cups fresh mozzarella, shredded, divided (16 oz. pre shredded)
  • 1 ½ cup ricotta cheese
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup fresh parmesan, shredded, plus more during assembly and garnish
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh parsley, snipped
  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper, more or less to taste
  • 1 cup Fesh spinach leaves,
  • 3-4 medium Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh basil, plus more for garnish
  • 3 cups marinara sauce, use homemade or your favorite fresh jarred variety. You can use more if you like your lasagna very saucy. The amount listed here is a guide.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
  • While oven is heating, cook the 10 lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain pasta and line noodles in a single layer on a large sheet of parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 2 cups mozzarella, 1 ½ cups ricotta cheese and egg until well blended. Stir in ½ cup Parmesan cheese and 1 Tablespoon fresh parsley. Season with black pepper and ½ a teaspoon crushed red pepper.
  • Spread a thin layer of the cheese mixture over each lasagna noodle, covering it almost completely from one end to the other.
  • Place a single layer of the spinach leaves on top of cheese mixture.
  • Lay about 4 thin tomato slices over the cheese mixture and then sprinkle extra Parmesan and fresh basil over top. Snugly roll lasagna noodles to opposite end.
  • Spread a thin layer of marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9x13” baking dish. Place lasagna rolls seam side down in dish and top each roll with marinara sauce until the noodles are all covered with sauce. Sprinkle remaining 2 cups shredded Mozzarella on top (More if you really want the roll ups super cheesy).
  • Cover roll ups with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil, bake additional 10 minutes or until cheese starts to bubble and turn golden at the edges.
  • Remove from oven and garnish with more fresh basil and Parmesan cheese.
  • Store leftovers covered in refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Notes

  1. I always cook extra noodles because some seem to break apart in the boil no matter how careful I am, especially if using whole wheat or gluten-free noodles.
  2. The cheese and even sauce quantities are approximate and you can increase if you want more sauce and cheese.
Nutrition Facts
Caprese Lasagna Roll Ups
Amount Per Serving (2 rollups)
Calories 688 Calories from Fat 306
% Daily Value*
Fat 34g52%
Saturated Fat 20g125%
Trans Fat 0.004g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 10g
Cholesterol 150mg50%
Sodium 1410mg61%
Potassium 740mg21%
Carbohydrates 54g18%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 41g82%
Vitamin A 1884IU38%
Vitamin C 12mg15%
Calcium 703mg70%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Recipe adapted from Tastes Better From Scratch.
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Published on March 3, 2016

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  1. sharla pitcher says

    November 4, 2022 at 6:03 AM

    4 stars
    Mine didn’t turn out as pretty as the picture for some reason but were still yummy.

    Reply
  2. mary says

    June 27, 2022 at 6:38 AM

    5 stars
    This looks fantastic. One of my favorite foods is any combination of pasta, sauce, and cheese, so it doesn’t really matter what configuration.

    Reply
  3. jill says

    June 27, 2022 at 6:24 AM

    5 stars
    I’m trying this tonight!! I make good lasagna but not only is it expensive, it takes for ever to make. I can’t manage it most of the time, this is way more manageable on a busy day.

    Reply
  4. kalli rasmeson says

    February 25, 2022 at 9:25 AM

    5 stars
    These are hands down the-most delicious roll ups I’ve ever tasted in my life! So much flavor, not that much work. Delicious Sally, thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  5. katie d says

    February 25, 2022 at 9:19 AM

    5 stars
    My husband raved over this more than I did! It was a great alternative to traditional lasagna and we enjoyed it with the wheat noodles.

    Reply
  6. Lucy @ Globe Scoffers says

    March 3, 2016 at 3:17 PM

    Wow what a great idea! I love tomato. I’m definitely going to try this. ?

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    • Sally says

      March 3, 2016 at 6:41 PM

      Thanks Lucy! Let me know what you think of it if you do. 🙂

      Reply
  7. Kevin | Keviniscooking says

    March 3, 2016 at 9:39 AM

    If only Dave loved tomatoes as much as I do. Just beautiful Sally, so creative and I might have to make a small batch just for me!

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    • Sally says

      March 3, 2016 at 9:46 AM

      I have two thoughts for you on this, my friend. My Dave doesn’t like uncooked tomatoes at all and he really liked this. OR you could really just leave out the tomatoes and it’d still taste great. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

      Reply
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