Lasagna Rolls and Strawberry Mango Salad with Strawberry Raspberry Vinaigrette

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Lasagna Rolls

 

Ingredients

12 lasagna noodles

1cup ricotta cheese

4oz shredded Mozzarella

1/4 cup grated Parmesan

1lb ground beef

4 small crimini mushrooms, sliced

1/2 a small white onion, chopped

16oz jar spaghetti sauce

1/2cup spaghetti sauce with mushrooms

4-5 Tbs Italian bread crumbs

 

Directions

In a small bowl mix together the three cheeses. Set aside.

Brown the ground beef in a medium frying pan. Drain grease, and return to stove. Add mushrooms, onions, and 16 oz jar of sauce.  Cook until onions are tender.  Set aside.

Cook noodles according to package directions. You want to make sure they don't get too soft, but are pliable enough to roll up.

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Grease a 9x13 pan.

After noodles are cooked, lay them out on a clean kitchen towel to help dry some of the water.  Spread a layer of the cheeses across each noodle, followed by the ground beef mixture.  Carefully roll the noodle up and place in prepared pan. Top with remaining sauce and bread crumbs. 

Bake for 25-30 minutes

Strawberry Mango Salad with Strawberry Raspberry Vinaigrette

 

Ingredients

Red lettuce leafs

1 mango sliced

Strawberries sliced

For Dressing
1/2 cup Strawberry Freezer Jam
1 tsp Raspberry Blush Vinegar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 Tbs sugar
1 tsp olive oil

Directions
Combine lettuce, mango and sliced strawberries in small salad bowls.
In a blender, combine the dressing ingredients, and blend until smooth. Drizzle over salad and enjoy.

Lasagna rolls are one of my favorite ways to eat lasagna lately. They taste the same, but are so much easier to serve up than you regular layered lasagna. Plus it's just fun rolling them!  What goes better with lasagna than a salad? I had all these strawberries and wanted to attempt my hand at a vinaigrette. So I browsed a couple recipes, and then using what I had in my cupboard made this Strawberry Raspberry Vinaigrette. It's very fruity, but very yummy too.

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