Vegan Lasagna Roll Ups

Vegan Lasagna Roll Ups are a terrific dinner dish for date night, holidays, and other special occasions. Filled with tofu ricotta and tomato sauce, they're easy to make. Mix in spinach, arugula, kale, or your favorite greens for a nutrient boost. This recipe is sure to please everyone at the dinner table – even die-hard omnivores!

Vegan Lasagna

It’s no secret that I love lasagna. There’s just something magical about the combination of noodles, creamy cheese, and tomato sauce. I have created many recipes for vegan variations over the years. There’s lasagna with polenta or zucchini instead of noodles, my favorite lasagna tart, and even lasagna soup. Oh, and traditional lasagna, too.

I may have passed my love of lasagna on to my little ones, too –  my cats that is. I’ve caught my ginger cat Archie trying to eat lasagna cooling on the counter on more than on occasion. I guess it’s appropriate, since his name was Garfield when I adopted him. And Garfield LOVES his lasagna.

Vegan Lasagna Roll Ups

The one thing that I’ve never been good at is noodle math. I always end up with a few extra noodles after making a large dish of lasagna. Rather than let them linger in the pantry forever, I either make a little lasagna in a loaf pan or I use them to make lasagna roll ups.

Lasagna roll ups are fun to make, and they don’t require much effort. You simply boil the noodles, spread some sauce and cheese on each one, and then roll! They’re a fun twist on traditional lasagna.

Tofu Ricotta

Lasagna was in regular meal rotation when I was growing up, and I always loved it. We didn’t have it weekly – perhaps it was a monthly thing. My mom always made it with mozzarella cheese in between the noodles rather than ricotta though. In fact, it wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I even realized ricotta cheese was a thing!

For these vegan lasagna roll ups, I’ve made a “ricotta” with tofu. After a block of tofu has been drained and pressed, I throw it into my food processor with nutritional yeast, garlic, lemon juice, basil, and sea salt. I let it mix until it looks like ricotta cheese, stopping to scrape down the sides, if needed. It’s amazing how quickly tofu can be turned into “cheese!” With the addition of nutritional yeast and lemon juice, it tastes like it, too.

In order to eliminate an extra step, I’ve added greens right into the ricotta. Yeah, I could have steamed them and then layered them into the roll ups but pulsing them into the ricotta makes things easier. This way, the recipe uses one less pan, and it comes together more quickly.

How to Make Vegan Lasagna Roll Ups

This easy recipe can be made in just a few steps!

• First, you cook the lasagna noodles.
• Then, you mix up the tofu and other ricotta ingredients in your food processor.
• Next, you pulse in the greens.
• Then, you layer the sauce and tofu ricotta onto each noodle.
• Finally, you roll up each noodle, place them in a casserole dish, and bake!

Recipe Notes

I’ve used arugula for the roll ups in these photos, but in the past, I’ve made them with spinach and baby kale. Any kind of delicate green will work.

If you’re feeling cheesy, you can sprinkle some shredded non-dairy mozzarella on top of the roll ups before baking them. Miyoko’s Vegan Mozz is my favorite, but there are other tasty brands out there, too. I like to serve these roll ups with a little dusting of Walnut Parmesan.

Date Night and Dinner Parties

Vegan Lasagna Roll Ups are easy enough to make that they can be served on weeknights, but they’re also great for date night and dinner parties. They’re perfect for potlucks, because everyone can take a roll up, and you don’t need to worry about the usual mess that comes with cutting up a pan of traditional lasagna.

Other Lasagna recipes you may enjoy include:

• Polenta Lasagna
• Spinach Mushroom Lasagna
• Lasagna Tart
• Lasagna Soup

More Date Night Recipes You Might Enjoy Include:

• Mushroom Stroganoff
• Tempeh Marsala
• Tempeh Bourguignon