Cheesy Manicotti

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Spinach and mushrooms, along with cheese, make a tasty filling for this meal.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

1 hr 5 min

servings

total:

7 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (8 oz.) manicotti shell (14 shells)

pkg. (8 oz.) sliced fresh mushrooms

cloves garlic, minced

egg whites

pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained

container (15 oz.) POLLY-O Natural Part Skim Ricotta Cheese

cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided

1/3

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided

cups spaghetti sauce

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

COOK pasta as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, heat large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Add mushrooms and garlic; cook 5 min., stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Beat egg whites in medium bowl. Add mushroom mixture, spinach, ricotta and half each of the mozzarella and Parmesan; mix well.

DRAIN pasta; fill with spinach mixture. Place in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover with sauce.

BAKE 40 min. or until heated through. Top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan; bake 5 min. or until mozzarella is melted.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Makeover - How We Did It

We've recreated this Italian classic using better-for-you ingredients to save you 160 calories and 12g of fat, including 6g of sat fat, per serving. The changes included substituting POLLY-O Natural Part Skim Ricotta Cheese and KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese for the full-fat products. In addition, we added spinach and mushrooms to the filling so we could reduce the cheese.

Variation

Substitute BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Cottage Cheese for the ricotta cheese and KRAFT 100% Grated Romano Cheese for the Parmesan cheese.

Substitute

Substitute frozen chopped broccoli for the spinach.

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jamiolb

posted:1/9/2008

Awesomely delicious...... This is one of the easiest and best tasting dishes I have made..... My family always has me make a double batch and they usually eat it all within a day...

sadafjavaid

posted:1/9/2008

I have just seen this recipe will try it out today. It seems to be very good and easy to make. I will comment on more on this when I make it and give my husband and kids to eat. I will also comment on what the have to say about this recipe.

PatDeBow

posted:1/8/2008

I am going to make it.