Lasagna Rollatini

Mike and I are Olive Garden-lovers.  I take that back, we love ANYTHING Italian.  Even though he's not Italian [I am! Proud to be 1/4 Italian and 1/4 Austrian - they spoke/ate/acted Italian], he sure knows how to cook Italian!  This recipe was his idea and with only a little help from my mom, he created a fantastic meal!

Ingredients:

9 lasagna noodles

1 egg

1 cup ricotta cheese

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, divided into two 1/4 cups

pinches of parsley and garlic powder

1/8 cup seasoned bread crumbs

3 cups of your favorite pasta sauce

Directions:

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

- Boil water and cook lasagna noodles as directed on box

- Beat egg in medium bowl

- Add ricotta cheese, half of mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, parsley, and garlic powder.  Mix well

- Line a loaf pan with about 1 1/2 cups of sauce

- Drain the pasta and dry it off with a paper towel.  Divide the cheese mixture in the bowl into 9 even sections.  Scoop one section of cheese onto a noodle, spread it across the noodle, and roll it up [as seen below].

- Stand the noodle tubes up in the loaf pan and repeat the previous step with each noodle.

- Spread the remaining sauce, mozzarella cheese, and bread crumbs on top of the noodle tubes.

- Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

Directions in photo form:

boil the noodles

make the cheese

dry the noodles and divide the cheese

 

watch the cheese-loving cat /// spread the cheese and roll the noodles

top with sauce, cheese, and breadcrumbs

bake and enjoy!