Spinach, Mushroom, Parmesan and Cream Cheese Manicotti
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- Number of Servings: 3
Ingredients
* *8 oz Fat Free Cream Cheese, 4 oz (half of a block)* Mushrooms, fresh, 2 cup, pieces or slices* Chopped spinach-frozen; Green Giant, 2.5 cup* Parmesan Cheese, grated, .5 cup* Garlic, 1 clove*Bertolli Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1 tbsp*Barilla Manicotti, 2 servingYou can replace the following two ingredients with spaghetti sauce from a jar if you want. I use leftover spaghetti sauce that I make in the crock pot using: * Packet of spaghetti seasoning spices* Hunts %100 natural tomato sauce (you only need 1.5 cups for this recipe)
Thaw the spinach and squeeze out excess moisture. Let half of an 8 oz package of cream cheese warm to room temperature. Put them in a bowl together to mix.
In a pot of boiling water, cook manicotti noodles according to the instructions on the box. Drain and set aside.
At the same time in a skillet, saute the mushrooms and clove of garlic in a small amount of olive oil. You can add salt or herbs to taste, I just used a little extra garlic powder. When done, put them in the bowl with the spinach and cream cheese, and add .5 cup parmesan cheese. Mix all the ingredients up then fill the manicotti noodles with them.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and coat the bottom of a baking dish with the spaghetti/marinara sauce. Place the stuffed manicotti along the baking dish, then spoon some more marinara over the top. If you want, sprinkle with mozzerella cheese. Then cover the baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.
Number of Servings: 3
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FIZZLESTIX.
In a pot of boiling water, cook manicotti noodles according to the instructions on the box. Drain and set aside.
At the same time in a skillet, saute the mushrooms and clove of garlic in a small amount of olive oil. You can add salt or herbs to taste, I just used a little extra garlic powder. When done, put them in the bowl with the spinach and cream cheese, and add .5 cup parmesan cheese. Mix all the ingredients up then fill the manicotti noodles with them.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and coat the bottom of a baking dish with the spaghetti/marinara sauce. Place the stuffed manicotti along the baking dish, then spoon some more marinara over the top. If you want, sprinkle with mozzerella cheese. Then cover the baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.
Number of Servings: 3
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FIZZLESTIX.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 382.4
- Total Fat: 13.0 g
- Cholesterol: 22.8 mg
- Sodium: 1,698.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 42.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.6 g
- Protein: 24.2 g
Member Reviews
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WUBBIE1
When I make manicotti, I stuff the noodles uncooked. It is easier. Make sure to put sauce on the bottom of the pan, then cover with sauce and cover the pan with tin foil. The sauce cooks the noodles in about 45 min at 350 degrees. - 3/10/10
Reply from FIZZLESTIX (7/12/10)
I'm trying this tonight! Thanks!
Edit: 45 minutes definitely wasn't enough to cook the noodles. I'd try 1 hr next time.
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LOLEAMBER
It was really really good, I was a little confused on how many noodles where needed. - 6/14/11
Reply from FIZZLESTIX (7/17/11)
Barilla manicotti are 3 noodles per serving, but I served each adult 2 noodles. So I used 6 noodles, but my husband had 2, I had 2, and my daughter ate 1. We had 1 left over!