Italian Spinach Egg Rolls

Need a recipe for hard-boiled eggs? Try this baked dish featuring lasagna noodle rolls filled with a mixture of chopped hard-boiled eggs, spinach, ricotta and mozzarella cheeses, topped with spaghetti sauce.

Recipe Ingredients:

6 lasagna noodles
1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1/2 cup low-moisture part-skim shredded mozzarella cheese
4 large hard-boiled eggs, chopped
3 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup chopped green onions with tops
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning, crushed
1 (14-ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese (optional)

Cooking Directions:

1. Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain well. Set aside. In medium bowl, stir together remaining ingredients except spaghetti sauce and Parmesan cheese until well combined.
2. Spread half of the spaghetti sauce over bottom of greased 11x7-inch baking dish. Spread a scant 2/3 cup of the spinach mixture over 1 of the cooked noodle strips. Starting at short end, roll up strip. Place roll, seam-side down, in baking dish. Repeat with remaining noodles and spinach mixture. Spoon remaining sauce over rolls. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
3. Bake in preheated 350°F (175°C) oven 20 minutes. Remove foil. Continue baking until heated throughout, about 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Makes 6 servings.

Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of the American Egg Board.