Lasagna Rollups With Bechamel Sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 -15 lasagna noodles
• 1 1/2-2 lbs beef, ground (or use 1/2 beef and 1/2 lamb)
• 1 package betty crocker's hamburger helper (or any mix of meat loaf seasonings and bread crumbs)
• 1 jar medium spaghetti sauce (i use garlic and onion)
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded (not the kind in the can)
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups light cream or to taste milk (or a combination)
• 1/3 cup butter (5 1/2 tbsp)
• 2 teaspoons instant chicken broth
• 1/3 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 cook noodles in salted, boiling water until just tender. drain and place in large bowl of cold water and drain on paper towels.
• 3 cook ground meat in microwave until done. mix cooked meat and breading mix from meatloaf mixture until well blended.
• 4 spread meat mixture in thin layer on noodles and roll up jelly roll fashion (don't roll too tightly).
• 5 spread all of sauce over bottom of 9/13 baking dish and arrange roll ups, seam side down on sauce.
• 6 cover with foil and bake 30 minutes at 350*.
• 7 meanwhile, scald milk and bayleaf (i use microwave). let stand 5 minutes and remove leaf.
• 8 melt butter in medium sauce pan, stir in flour, and cook stirring constantly with wooded spoon until mixture .
• 9 stir in scalded milk, instant chicken broth, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• 10 continue cooking and stirring until sauce thickens and (about 3 minutes), and remove from stove.
• 11 after rollups have baked 30 minutes, remove foil and spoon bechamel sauce over top and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• 12 bake 10 minutes more or until bubbly hot and sauce is golden.
• 13 it's not nearly as hard to make as it sounds, and the results are wonderful! all you need to round out the meal is a salad, and garlic bread if desired.