Healthy Spinach and Sausage Stuffed Manicotti
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup onion (chopped)
- 1⁄2 cup green pepper (chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 (15 ounce) cans chopped tomatoes (drained)
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 tablespoon basil
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- 3 hot Italian turkey sausage (removed from casing and crumbled)
- 2 cups fresh spinach (packed)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) package manicotti (cooked)
directions
- Combine onion, green pepper, garlic, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, thyme, basil, oregano, red pepper in a medium sauce pan over medium high heat. When heated through reduce heat to low and cover. (simmer about 1 hour).
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Heat teaspoons of olive oil in a skillet and saute spinach until wilted. Set aside to cool. When cool chop the spinach.
- Add sausage to skillet spinach was in and cook until browned. Drain.
- In a bowl, combine spinach, cheeses, sausage.
- Place a layer of sauce in the bottom of a 13 by 9 pan.
- Stuff noodles with cheese, spinach, and sausage and place in pan.
- Top with the rest of the sauce.
- Bake 350 for 30 to 45 minutes.
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Reviews
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We also thought this was a GREAT recipe! Didn't change a thing (ok maybe added abit more garlic cause I can't help myself) and it came out perfectly & with great flavour. I was short on time so one step I did differently is that I made the tomato sauce in an electronic pressure cooker. Awesome recipe, thanks for sharing
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
sbera007
Omaha, NE
<p>I am a high school teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. My love for cooking started at a young age when I used to bake goodies for my father and his coworkers. When I got out on my own, I starting cooking for friends (especially my single male friends who were living on frozen pizza). <br /><br />For years now, my friends and family wait all year for my Christmas bake-a-thon. I spend two days every year making a plethora of cookies, bars, and snack mixes to give as gifts. <br /><br />I love to cook because food is the one thing that brings all people together (everyone has to eat sometime!) My husband to be teases me because sometimes he does not even get through his first bite before I am asking him if he likes it.</p>