TUNA LASAGNA ROLLS RECIPE

ricotta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Cottage cheese provides a similar texture with fewer calories.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat content while maintaining flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

canned tuna

🥗Healthier: canned salmon

💰Cheaper: canned sardines

Canned sardines are often less expensive and still provide omega-3s.

Partially cook lasagna noodles for around 8 minutes until still firm.

Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a skillet and add minced garlic; infuse the garlic flavor without toasting it.

Add 4 tablespoons of flour to the butter and garlic mixture; cook until the flour is properly cooked.

Slowly add milk to the flour and butter mixture, stirring until smooth; let it simmer.

Season the sauce with salt, black pepper, and optional lemon zest.

Add grated cheddar cheese to the sauce and let it melt; cover and simmer.

Drain the tuna and add it to a bowl along with chopped celery, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onions, dried basil, and scrambled eggs; season with salt and pepper.

Mix in half a cup of bread crumbs and mozzarella cheese to the tuna mixture.

Stuff the lasagna noodles with the tuna mixture and roll them up.

Arrange the rolled lasagna noodles in the bechamel sauce in a pot.

Top the rolls with more bechamel sauce and additional mozzarella cheese, along with chopped fresh basil.

Cover the pot and let it simmer for around 6 to 8 minutes until the cheese is melted.

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