Cheesy Spinach And Mushroom Manicotti Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Cook manicotti noodles for 7 minutes, drain and rinse with cool water; set aside.
• Heat oil or butter in a large pan over about medium heat, sauté mushrooms and garlic till mushrooms are tender.
• Add spinach and continue cooking about 5 minutes, careful not to overcook mushrooms and garlic. Drain and set aside.
• Beat eggs lightly in a large bowl and ricotta cheese, basil and salt. Stir in mushroom mixture. If this ends up being a little too runny for stuffing your manicotti, you can use regular parmesan cheese like you.
• Keep in your fridge as a kind of filler to thicken it up a bit.
• Spread about a cup of sauce in the bottom of a large baking dish. Fill manicotti with mushroom/cheese mix place in dish and cover with sauce. Sprinkle the fresh parmesan cheese on top and cover with foil.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and place bake in over for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and lightly browned.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray.
• Add mushrooms and garlic; cook 5 minute on medium heat, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat.
• Beat egg whites lightly in medium bowl.
• Add mushroom mixture, spinach, ricotta cheese and half each of the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses; mix well.
• Check for seasoning.
• Spoon evenly into manicotti shells.
• Place in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Cover with spaghetti sauce.
• BAKE 40 minutes or until heated through.
• Top with the remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses; continue baking 5 minute or until mozzarella cheese is melted.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Spray a 9x13 pan with nonstick cooking spray (or using additional sauce, lightly spread some sauce on the bottom of the pan). Set aside.
• Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add mushrooms and garlic; cook 5 minutes on medium heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, mix thoroughly the mushroom mixture, spinach, ricotta cheese, provolone, cream cheese, half of Parmesan cheese, and the eggs.
• Spoon (or use a pastry bag with a large tip) about 2 tbsp of filling mixture into the manicotti shells and then place them into the 9x13 pan.
• Drizzle remaining sauce over top. Top with remaining Parmesan cheese and bake 55 minutes or until heated through.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• In a large bowl combine 1 cup of the Mozzarella with all of the Cheddar cheese, mushrooms, olives, onion, bread crumbs, egg, milk, parsley, and pepper until mixed well. Set aside.
• Combine spaghetti sauce and water and pour half the sauce into a shallow 3 quart casserole or baking dish.
• Stuff manicotti shells with cheese mixture and arrange side by side in sauce. Pour remaining sauce over top.
• Bake, covered, in a 375F degree oven for about 1 hour. Remove cover and sprinkle with remaining Mozzarella cheese, and return to oven, uncovered, for about 10 more minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Serve with Parmesan cheese, your favorite garlic bread and side salad.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine ricotta, spinach, onion and egg. Season with parsley, pepper and garlic powder. Mix in 1 cup mozzarella and 1/4 cup Parmesan. In a separate bowl, stir together spaghetti sauce and water.
• Spread 1 cup sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Stuff uncooked manicotti shells with ricotta mixture, and arrange in a single layer in the dish. Cover with remaining sauce. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until noodles are soft.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Cook manicotti al dente. Then, rinse pasta with cool water and drain well.
• Stir together all the spinach blend ingredients in a separate bowl and set aside.
• In the bottom of an ungreased 13x9 (3 qt) glass baking dish, spread 1 ½ cups (390 G) pasta sauce along the bottom.
• Spoon spinach mixture into a piping or a gallon-size Ziploc bag. Snip 1 inch (2.5 cm) off the corner - you want it big enough to fill the manicotti and be able to let all the ingredients pass through without clogging the piping hole.
• Hold a manicotti shell in your hand and squeeze the filling inside the shell. Let it overflow just a bit on both sides.
• Place the filled shells into the bottom of the pan: if you run out of room in your pan, use a separate smaller pan to accommodate the extra.
• Cover the pan tightly with foil and bake for about 30 minutes or until the sauce is bubbling.
• Uncover dish and top with more sauce. Then, sprinkle remaining ½ cup Italian cheese blend on top of the sauce.
• Bake uncovered for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
• Sprinkle with thyme and add some fresh chives (optional) upon serving. Serve hot.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, wine, Italian seasoning, sugar and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally., Meanwhile, for filling, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in the cottage cheese, spinach, Parmesan cheese, eggs and salt., Stuff cream cheese mixture into uncooked manicotti shells. Spread 1 cup sauce into a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spay. Arrange manicotti over sauce. Pour remaining sauce over top., Cover and bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until pasta is tender. Uncover; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook and drain pasta shells as directed on package.
• Meanwhile, tear bread into pieces; place in food processor. Cover; process until coarse crumbs form. Spread crumbs on cookie sheet. Bake 3 to 4 minutes or until toasted. Place crumbs in small bowl; set aside.
• In 10-inch skillet, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter over medium-high heat. Cook mushrooms and garlic in butter until mushroom liquid is absorbed. Transfer mixture to large bowl. In skillet, melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter over medium-low heat; add spinach. Cover; cook 5 minutes or until wilted. Add spinach to mushroom mixture. Stir in ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, egg, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and the pepper. Spoon mixture evenly into pasta shells. Place in baking dish.
• In 2-quart heavy saucepan, melt 1/3 cup butter over low heat. Stir in flour with whisk until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in half-and half. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add Gouda cheese; stir until melted. Pour sauce over stuffed shells.
• Add cheese blend and melted butter to toasted bread crumbs; toss well. Sprinkle over shells. Bake uncovered 45 minutes or until bubbly.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish, spread about one-third of the pasta sauce.
• Mix spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, oregano and pepper. Fill uncooked manicotti shells with spinach mixture; place on sauce in baking dish.
• In medium bowl, mix remaining pasta sauce and water. Pour sauce mixture evenly over shells, covering completely. Cover; bake 1 hour. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover; bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until shells are tender.

Steps:

• Cook manicotti according to package directions and drain.
• Rinse with cold water, drain and set aside.
• Sauté mushrooms and garlic in ht oil in a large skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add spinach and saute 5 more minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat.
• Drain any fat off the spinach and garlic.
• Stir together eggs, ricotta cheese, basil and salt in a large bowl add mushroom mixture stirring until blended.
• Spread 1 1/2 cups marinara sauce in a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Squeeze or spoon spinach mixture into shells.
• Arrange stuffed shells in dish.
• Pour remaining marinara sauce over the top evenly over shells.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Bake covered at 350°F for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for 10 more minutes.