52% less fat • 59% less sodium than the original recipe. It’s pasta night and everyone gets an individual dish of stuffed manicotti. Serve a side salad of mixed greens, sliced oranges, radishes and bottled low-fat vinaigrette.
Skinny Three-Cheese Manicotti
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 8 dried manicotti shells
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 3/4 cup purchased shredded carrots
- 3 or 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup light ricotta cheese or low-fat cream-style cottage cheese
- 3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese (3 ounces)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning, crushed
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can Muir Glen™ organic no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 cup bottled roasted red sweet peppers, drained and chopped
Instructions
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Step1Preheat oven to 350° F. Cook manicotti shells according to package directions; drain. Rinse with cold water and drain again. Set aside.
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Step2Meanwhile, for filling, coat an unheated large nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat over medium heat. Add mushrooms, carrots, and garlic to hot skillet. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes or just until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Stir in ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese, the eggs, Parmesan cheese, and Italian seasoning. Spoon filling into cooked manicotti shells.
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Step3For sauce, place undrained tomatoes in a blender or food processor. Cover and blend or process until smooth. Stir in roasted red peppers. Spread about 1/3 cup of the sauce into the bottoms of four 12- to 16-ounce ungreased individual baking dishes or a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Arrange stuffed manicotti shells in individual baking dishes or large baking dish, overlapping shells slightly if necessary. Pour remaining sauce over manicotti.
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Step4Bake, covered, for 20 to 25 minutes for individual baking dishes or 35 to 40 minutes for large baking dish or until heated through. Uncover and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Bake for 5 minutes more. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
360
Calories
13g
Total Fat
22g
Protein
39g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 360
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 140mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 370mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 39g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 22g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 90%
- 90%
- Vitamin C
- 190%
- 190%
- Calcium
- 40%
- 40%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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