My sister and niece gave me striped lasagna noodles as a gift. I thought they were so beautiful they warranted a blog post all their own. This pasta is called “Lasagna Plaid” and it’s colored with natural colorings from beet root, spinach, and bell peppers. I thought the colorful stripes were perfect for a spring lasagna. 

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

 

You can find several choices of colorful pasta here. (affiliate links)

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce 

I am a big fan of lasagna, but with the pastel colors in this pasta I decided a traditional lasagna wouldn’t do. So I chose to make lasagna rolls instead and stuff them with three cheeses, spinach and chicken.

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

Not only is this recipe lovely, it’s amazingly easy to make as well. All you do is mix the stuffing…

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

…spread onto cooked noodles…

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

…and roll….

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

…then place seam side down in a baking dish of your choice. I used a Corningware Pie Plate (affiliate link) because I think it looks pretty but any baking dish will do.

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

 

Just nestle the rolls right in. And cover in sauce. 

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

I thought  Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce (affiliate link) with it’s slight sweetness and orange color would work perfectly for this spring dish, but a classic tomato sauce would also work well.

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

 

Top sauce with freshly grated Parmesan and pop in the oven for 40 minutes and you have a delicious, warm, pasta dish the family will love.

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

The Recipe: Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Squash Sauce

You will need: a microplane for grating Parmesan, a baking dish (here’s mine), butternut pasta sauce,  a good knife and lasagna plaid (or use regular noodles:). (affiliate links)

 

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Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Squash Sauce
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 
Lasagna Rolls stuffed with three cheeses, spinach and chicken and topped with butternut squash pasta sauce. I used lasagna "Plaid" noodles but you can use regular noodles as well. Always make more noodles than needed because sometimes they break. NOTE: Pasta usually cooks perfectly when cooked to package directions but the brand of noodles I bought needed a longer time to cook than the package directed. They are from Italy so I assume it was a translation error. Always cook pasta till "al dente" which means 'to the tooth' (firm but cooked) no matter what the directions say.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: easy dinner recipe, easy pasta recipe
Author: Linda Spiker
Ingredients
  • 15 oz whole milk ricotta cheese
  • 3/4 fresh mozzarella cheese cubed
  • 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan divided
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 pinches sea salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 1 1/4 cup cooked chicken cubed
  • 1 cup chopped baby spinach
  • 8 lasagna noodles cooked to package instructions You will use 8, but cook more in case they break)
  • 1 1/2 cups butternut squash pasta sauce
  • 1/4 Italian flat leaf parsley chopped (for garnish)
Instructions
  1. Preheat over to 375 and place rack in center of oven.
  2. Cook noodles to package instructions.
  3. Place ricotta, mozzarella, and a 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (reserving the rest for later) in a bowl. Add egg, garlic, salt, pepper, chicken and spinach and mix till well blended.
  4. Pour 1/2 cup pasta sauce in the bottom of a baking dish.
  5. Lay noodles on a cutting board and spoon cheese mixture onto noodles leaving a little room on the top, bottom and each side.
  6. Roll noodles and place seam side down into baking dish.
  7. When all noodles are stuffed and in dish, cover with one cup sauce and extra Parmesan cheese.
  8. Bake for 40 minutes.
  9. Garnish with parsley and serve.

 

Such a delightful and unique dish! Serve with this colorful salad and you have a complete easy menu!

Three Cheese Lasagna Rolls with Chicken and Butternut Pasta Sauce

 

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