Sunday, September 16, 2007

Spinach stuffed manicotti

Approx. 200 calories (3 grams of fat) per serving. Recipe serves 3

Ingredients
  • 6 manicotti tubes
  • 2 medium Roma tomatoes
  • 1 cup mushrooms
  • 4 cups fresh spinach
  • 1/8 cup fresh basil
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 Tbs. shredded romano cheese
  • 1 tsp. red pepper flakes.
Directions
  1. Boil pasta until almost Al Dente and drain.
  2. In a food processor, chop the spinach, mushrooms, garlic, and red pepper flakes.
  3. Stuff the chopped spinach/mushroom mix into the tubes of manicotti.
  4. In a food processor, chop the tomatoes and basil.
  5. Spoon the tomato/basil salsa on top of the stuffed manicotti.
  6. Microwave on high for 2 minutes to heat stuffing.
  7. Sprinkle with romano cheese and garnish with fresh basil.

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