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Four Cheese Manicotti
Four Cheese Manicotti
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Pasta, Vegetarian
Ingredients List
- 12 Manicotti; uncooked
- Vegetable cooking spray
- 1/2 c Onions; finely chopped
- 3 Garlic cloves; minced
- 1 c Mozzarella cheese; part skim
- -milk, shredded
- 1/2 c Parmesan cheese; freshly
- -grated
- 1 ts Dried Italian seasoning
- 1/2 ts Pepper
- 15 oz Nonfat ricotta cheese
- 1 pk Lowfat vegetable flavored
- -cream cheese; (6 oz.)
- 4 oz Light cream cheese
- 5 oz Frozen chopped spinach;
- -thawed, drained and thawed
- -drained and squeezed dry
- 27 1/2 oz Light spaghetti sauce
Directions
~Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat: set
aside.
~Coat a small nonstick skillet with cooking spray, and place over
medium-high heat until hot. Add onion and garlic; saute 3 minutes. Remove
from heat and set aside.
~combine 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, and next 5
ingredients in a bowl; beat at medium speed until smooth. Stir in onion
mixture and spinach.
~Spoon mozzarella cheese mixture into cooked manicotti about 1/3 cup per
shell.
~Divide 1 cup sauce evenly between individual casserole dishes coated with
cooking spray. Arrange 2 stuffed manicotti in each dish. Pour remaining
sauce over each serving. Place dishes on a baking sheet. Cover each dish
with foil, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining
mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheeses; bake, uncovered, an additional 5
minutes. Serving size 2 manicotti.
aside.
~Coat a small nonstick skillet with cooking spray, and place over
medium-high heat until hot. Add onion and garlic; saute 3 minutes. Remove
from heat and set aside.
~combine 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, and next 5
ingredients in a bowl; beat at medium speed until smooth. Stir in onion
mixture and spinach.
~Spoon mozzarella cheese mixture into cooked manicotti about 1/3 cup per
shell.
~Divide 1 cup sauce evenly between individual casserole dishes coated with
cooking spray. Arrange 2 stuffed manicotti in each dish. Pour remaining
sauce over each serving. Place dishes on a baking sheet. Cover each dish
with foil, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining
mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheeses; bake, uncovered, an additional 5
minutes. Serving size 2 manicotti.
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