Lasagna Roll-Ups

A goal of mine is to start eating healthier, lots healthier. Over the summer I want to write several new, delicious recipes that cut back the fat, up the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, without losing flavor (or maybe even gaining flavor!). Here's recipe #1. Lasagna is a huge comfort food for most people, and is my husband's favorite dish. Can you think of a better way to start eating healthy, than with a yummy pasta dish? I didn't think so.

Lasagna Roll-Ups

1 box lasagna noodles, about 10 or 11 noodles total
1 lb ground turkey
1 tsp garlic
1 10 oz box frozen spinach, thawed and drained well
16 oz cottage cheese
2 large eggs
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Salt and Pepper
1/2 tsp nutmeg
prepared spaghetti sauce (see below)

1) Boil a huge pot of water. Cook the noodles for about 10 minutes, or until they are tender but not overly soft. They will continue to cook a little bit.
2) meanwhile, cook the turkey in 1 tbsp olive oil, in a sautee pan until it is all brown, just like ground beef. Season well with salt and pepper. In the last minute, add the crushed garlic.
3) drain the turkey. In a large bowl, mix together the cooked turkey with the spinach, cottage cheese, eggs (raw), yogurt, Worcestershire sauce, nutmeg, and more salt and pepper, to taste.
4) drain your noodles very carefully so they don't tear. run a little cold water over the noodles so they won't burn you.
5) lay out the noodles and add 2 tbsp of the turkey filling on each noodle, spreading it down the middle. Roll the noodle as carefully as you can and lay it in a greased baking dish. Once they're all rolled up and in the dish, cover with spaghetti sauce and bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Serve at the end with lots of fresh chopped oregano or basil for even extra flavor.

Notes:
*These will freeze well, and also can be prepared up to a day in advance, then baked just before service.
*If you don't have prepared spaghetti sauce, use 1 can of tomato sauce (or homemade bottled tomatoes, if you do those kinds of things...), warmed in the microwave with 1 tsp dried basil, 1 tsp dried oregano, and 1 tsp garlic. This is a very simple tomato sauce--I wouldn't recommend this spaghetti by itself, but in this application, it would work just fine.
*For an even healthier option, try whole-wheat lasagna noodles, or even thinly sliced pieces of zucchini.