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Freeze Ahead Manicotti
photo by Loves2Teach
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package manicotti
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 (15 ounce) carton part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 (16 ounce) carton small curd low fat cottage cheese
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
- 1⁄3 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 eggs
- 2 1⁄2 cups spaghetti sauce
directions
- Boil manicotti according to package directions, adding oil to water so they won't stick (actually we have had a discussion about this and I'm not sure that works, but I do it anyway!) Meanwhile, mix ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, parsley, and eggs.
- Drain manicotti; run cold water over it.
- Stuff each manicotti with cheese mixture.
- Place them in a 3 qt casserole after treating the dish with nonstick spray, and pour sauce around the manicotti.
- Cover dish with foil and freeze.
- When frozen you can pop it out of the container and put in a freezer bag if desired.
- To prepare for serving, thaw and preheat oven to 350F.
- Cover and bake for 45 minutes.
- Uncover and bake for 15 minutes more.
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Reviews
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I read alot of people having trouble stuffing the cheese into the manicotti,what I use is a Pastry Bag and it works like a charm. You can pick up 20 in a box for less than a dollar (at the store I goto anyway). I have this recipe in the freezer, can't wait to try it so I can rate it.....Made this today and we really enjoyed it. Thank you for the post. **UPDATE** I no longer use manicotti noodles, I use those no cook lasagna noodles. I soak the noodles in warm water until I can bend them, pat them dry and spread the mixture over the noodles and roll them up placing them seam side down in the pan.
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I doubled the recipe and added 2 pounds of hamburger, 1 green bell pepper and 1 red bell pepper. I used a jar chunky veggie spaghetti sauce and a jar of meat flavored spaghetti sauce. This was so delicious that everyone in my family devoured it. I have 5 people in my family and 2 of them are picky teens. We have a tough time finding recipes that everyone likes. Even my pasta hating 13 year old loved this and went back for seconds. Thanks for making dinner a success!!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
TishT
Las Vegas, Nevada
I live in Las Vegas. I was lucky enough to run into Recipezaar around Nov. 2000 and got hooked quickly. I am a cookbook collector and have been collecting recipes for as long as I can remember. My DH had to build in shelves for all my cookbooks! I like to dabble with OAMC and for a few years hosted the Budget/OAMC forum with some great people over there. Even though I don't work in the forum any longer I've set up a lot of cookbooks for the purpose of OAMC and stretching food that might be helpful. Please feel free to check them out! I go on food jags and cooking jags! Please come say hi to me and chat on facebook. I currently host a blog for saving money through finding deals and coupons if you are interested. Most of the time I try to cook and have a good dinner on the table but I'll be honest enough to say there is still fast food occasionally in the budget! I have had such wonderful support here whenever I need it. Thank you all for being here! Just a quick note on how I rate recipes:
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