Each week I make a few “meatless” vegetarian meals. This week I tried a new recipe for manicotti that substitutes cottage cheese for ricotta cheese, making it easier on the wallet and the waistline. It was really rich and creamy, here is the recipe…
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1 (16-ounce) carton fat-free cottage cheese
- 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
- ¼ cup (1 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 1½ teaspoons dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 (8-ounce) package manicotti (14 shells)
- 1 (26-ounce) jar fat-free tomato-basil pasta sauce
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Combine 1½ cups mozzarella, cottage cheese, and the next 5 ingredients (through black pepper) in a medium bowl.
- Spoon about 3 tablespoons cheese mixture into each uncooked manicotti (I used my hands instead of a spoon)
- Pour half of tomato-basil pasta sauce into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Arrange stuffed shells in a single layer over sauce, and top with the remaining sauce. Pour 1 cup water into dish. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup mozzarella evenly over sauce.
- Cover tightly with foil. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until shells are tender. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
6 comments :
This looks delish! I remember mom making something like this once and awhile. I am going to have to try this recipe, I think the girls would love it!
Oh your manicotti recipe looks great! I think I need to make it soon! Thank you for linking to TMTT.
Looks wonderful ,I will have to try your recipe !
Blessings,
~Myrna
Wow! I can't wait to try this. I'm going to substitute spiced tofu for the cottage cheese and see how it tastes.
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This looks delicious and I don't think I would mind not having the meat.
This WAS delicious!!
I made it last week and my husband ate 5 of the shells without stopping to breathe! 
Needless to say, we didn't have many leftovers haha! 
I'm working on a post on my blog where I'm linking to your recipe and telling everyone how wonderful it was! It should be up tomorrow at wendyandadam.blogspot.com
Thanks so much again for sharing!