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These Cheesy Spinach Roll Ups are crescent rolls stuffed with spinach and cheese make for a quick and simple lunch, dinner or appetizer!
We use crescent rolls for so many quick and easy dinner ideas—in fact, our ham and cheese roll ups are just like these spinach rolls, but filled with meat and cheese instead!
Kid-Friendly Spinach Rolls
Many kids do not like spinach, but we wanted to try and introduce our love for it to my children. We knew it would be a little difficult, but I think these Cheesy Spinach Roll Ups did the trick!
These Spinach Roll Ups are simple, and oh so cheesy. Not to mention the filling is all wrapped up in a buttery crescent roll! What’s not to love about that?!
The kids were hesitant when they saw the “green stuff” in the middle, but most of them liked it. I’d be lying if I said all of them did – some of my kids are just way too stubborn. The hubby and I LOVED them though, and I’m considering this recipe a success since at least a few of the kids happily ate it!
JUST 5 INGREDIENTS!
Like I said before, this recipe is SO simple! The filling for the spinach roll ups only requires FIVE ingredients:
- chopped spinach
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- cream cheese
- egg
Just mix the spinach, cheese and egg yolk in a medium bowl until they are well combined. Open the can of crescent rolls and lay each triangle out on a foil-lined cookie sheet.
Spoon a little bit of the spinach mixture onto each crescent triangle and roll it up like you would a crescent. Brush the tops of the rolls with egg white and bake at 375° for 14 – 16 minutes. Serve warm!
Make ahead and store
You can make the filling ahead of time and store it in the fridge to be added to the crescent rolls and baked the next day. I suggest not preparing these more than one day in advance.
Place any leftovers in an airtight container or in a ziplock bag and store them in the fridge for 3-4 days.
I think these taste best prepared and served the same day but they can be frozen. To freeze them, prepare and bake them normally, then let them cool.
Once they are cooled freeze them for 1-2 hours on the pan so they can freeze separately and not get stuck together once they are stored. When they are frozen, place them all in a ziplock bag or an airtight container and store them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Reheat them in the oven on low or in the microwave.
For more delicious recipes using crescent rolls:
Spinach Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 oz spinach frozen, thawed and drained, chopped
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup cream cheese softened
- 1 egg seperated
- 8 oz crescent rolls
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Mix spinach, cheese and egg yolk in a medium bowl until well combined.
- Open can of crescent rolls and lay each triangle out on a foil lined cookie sheet.
- Spoon a little of spinach mixture onto each crescent triangle and roll up.
- Brush tops of rolls with egg white and bake for 14 – 16 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from KRAFT Foods.
Delicious and easy! I made these with Grands flaky biscuit dough and organic kale instead of spinach. Added 1/4 t of onion and garlic powder, and a T of dried Italian seasoning. Assembled these as the recipe said and cooked them in the air fryer (on a round piece of foil) at 370 for 10 minutes. They came out golden brown and were so good! Served them with pasta sauce on the side to spoon on top. Thanks for the great recipe – this one’s a keeper!
Delicious! My kids really enjoyed these. They will definitely be in rotation.
Yay! I’m so glad to hear they were a hit with the kids.
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Really only need half the filling.
Thanks for the feedback. These freeze pretty well too if you have extra.
I doubled the recipe and had so much filling left over. I probably could have used two containers of biscuits and one batch of filling.
Good to know! Hope you enjoyed the roll ups still. 🙂
Love these! I made extra stuffing and baked it in a casserole dish and served it as a spinach soufflé!!!
Oh how fun!! Thanks for sharing what you did! Sounds tasty!
I think puffed pastry and make cheesy spinach pockets or the crescent roll sheet and make pinwheels!
Thanks for the feedback!
I love when I can skip making my own dough. It saves so much time and my teen daughters can easily whip them up on their own.
A quick and easy meal or appetizer. It’s even something the little kids would like.