angie's traditional manicotti

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  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
Egg, fresh, 2 large digiorno shredded parmesan cheese, 1 cup southern home ricotta cheese, 2 cup southern home tomato sauce, 2 cup Thyme, ground, .5 tbsp Parsley, dried, .5 tbsp Garlic powder, .5 tbsp Pepper, black, 1 tsp Oregano, ground, .5 tbsp barilla manicotti noodles, enough or 6 servingslaura lynn shredded mozarella cheese part skim, 1.5 cup
Directions
* bring large pot of water to boil
* wisk eggs and set aside
* add manicotti to water, it is better to stop them before fully cooked about 6-7 minutes.
* while pasta is cooking mix together ricotta, parmesan, 1 cup of the mozarella, pepper, oregano, thyme, garlic and parsley in a bowl, add eggs, set aside.
*drain pasta carefully and cool with cold water, set aside.
if you have a piping bag this next step will take half the time, otherwise...
* fill each noodle carefully with mixture using spoon, they will split if you over fill.
* spray bottom of casserole dish generously with pam
* add .25 cup of tomato sauce to bottom of casserole dish and start lining up manicotti, continue until you have 18 noodles filled ( 3 per serving total of 6 servings) if you are going to make more and freeze do not add tomato sauce and freeze them in ziploc bags.
* cover noodles with remaining tomato sauce cover with foil and bake at 350 for 20 minutes
* remove from oven top with remaining half cup of cheese and return to oven uncovered until cheese melts
* i usually serve with a leafy green salad and oil and vineguar dressing.



Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BRAND.NEW.ME.

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 497.3
  • Total Fat: 20.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 142.5 mg
  • Sodium: 952.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 53.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
  • Protein: 29.0 g

Member Reviews
  • MERCYANDI
    this was soooo good.. can you move in with me and just cook for us? - 10/13/07
  • 27SANDRA
    Sounds amazing... - 1/13/08