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Sensational Spinach

Spinach contains folic acid for the formation of healthy red blood cells. The iron it contains helps red blood cells carry oxygen to tissues.

14 ratings : 12 reviews

Spinach Manicotti

Personalize the dish by using your favorite variety of Muir Glen® pasta sauce. From eatbetteramerica.

Prep Time:15 min

Start to Finish:50 min

makes:7 servings (2 manicotti each)

1	box (8 oz) uncooked manicotti shells (14 shells)
1 1/2	cups shredded Italian cheese blend (6 oz)
1/4	teaspoon crushed red pepper
1	container (15 oz) reduced-fat ricotta cheese
1	box (10 oz) Cascadian Farm® frozen organic cut spinach, thawed, drained, squeezed dry
2	cloves garlic, finely chopped
1	egg, slightly beaten
1	jar (25.5 oz) Muir Glen® pasta sauce (any flavor)

1.	Heat oven to 375°F. Cook manicotti as directed on box. Rinse with cool water; drain well. In medium bowl, stir together 1 cup of the Italian cheese blend, the red pepper, ricotta cheese, spinach, garlic and egg.
2.	In bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking dish, spread 1 cup of the pasta sauce. Spoon ricotta mixture into manicotti; place over sauce in dish. Pour remaining sauce over manicotti. Cover tightly with foil.
3.	Bake about 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbling. Uncover dish; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Italian cheese blend. Bake uncovered 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Increase first bake time to about 45 min.

Nutritional Information

1 Serving: Calories 340 (Calories from Fat 100); Total Fat 11g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 65mg; Sodium 690mg; Total Carbohydrate 43g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 8g); Protein 19g % Daily Value*: Vitamin A 70%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 35%; Iron 15% Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 2 Medium-Fat Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 MyPyramid Servings: 1 c Dairy, 1 oz-equivalents Grains
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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12 Reviews

Wonderful

This is a great meal. My daughter even loves it. Its a good way to sneak in green veggies. I also added a simple salad on the side (like the picture shows). It as great!
Posted at 9:43 AM on August 22 2008 by asmith , Jasper AL

I'm eating it right now!

As I'm typing this review, I'm eating my leftover spinach manicotti at my work desk for lunch. Everyone in the office is so jealous! It makes me feel like such the homemaker to be able to pull off such a professional-looking meal. This is an incredibly easy recipe. I reduced the recipe to make 6, so I could have leftovers for lunches (and they taste great leftover!) Would also taste great with some ground meat mixed in too. The only things I did differently were using real chopped spinach instead of canned, I threw in some sea salt in with the ricotta mixture, and I also added more of the Italian cheese blend on top during the last 5 min of bake time. Voila! Perfecto Italiano!
Posted at 7:52 AM on August 12 2008 by ginawasserman ,

Great!

It was a very enjoyable recipie, but it does make too many servings. I'm a very busy person, so what I tried with this recipie is on one of my free days, I doubled this recipie and froze it for future dinners.
Posted at 10:03 AM on June 16 2008 by KathyGurl13 ,

4 year old approved

This dish was great. I did not use the hot spice, because I have little ones. I used a little salt and pepper. My 4 year old asked for more, and he is a very picky eater.
Posted at 9:31 AM on March 31 2008 by myscootergrl , Santa Clara UT

I made this for dinner last night and it was delicious. I used shells instead of manicotti. It turned out perfect. The filling had a really good flavor. I used the organic sauce. I thought that it might taste funny but it was really good. I will make this again for sure.
Posted at 9:30 AM on February 4 2008 by Crissy218 , Duluth MN

A little bland...

I tried the recipe, followed it as it reads and it did turn out well, but I found it to be a bit bland. Maybe its just going to take adjusting my taste, but I think that adding a bit of salt to the ricotta filling would round it out a bit more.
Posted at 9:33 AM on January 2 2008 by Dreamz4Aiden , Bala Cynwyd PA

Delicious!

This was so good, and so easy to make! Loved it. I'm definitely going to try it with fresh spinach, too. This recipe is so easy to halve, as well, which was perfect since there were only two people to eat it.
Posted at 10:56 AM on December 17 2007 by Dida , Belleville NJ

Yum!

I couldn't give this any less than a five since my fiance, who HATES spinach, LOVED this. Will definitely be making again!
Posted at 9:26 AM on December 4 2007 by Kim , Jacksonville FL

Great

I made this for dinner and my husband and I both loved it. In the grocery store; he was hesitant to buy the light ricotta cheese instead of the regular. I'm very "by the book" with recipes normally and convinced him that the light stuff would be best, and it was! The only slight modification was putting a half teaspoon of red pepper instead of a quarter. We like a little kick. It wasn't too much, it was awesome!!
Posted at 9:44 AM on October 10 2007 by , Coralville IA

Wow!

This is an excellent recipe. I used a different brand of pasta sauce (since it's what I had on-hand), but as good as it tastes I almost couldn't beleive this dish is good for you! The only down side is that it makes a _lot_ of servings for one person. In the future, I'll simply cook this when I know I can give some away to friends and family a day or two after I make it or if I'm having a dinner party. Seven meals of real garlic, in the course of a week, gets a little overwhelming! (Or I'm just a wuss)
Posted at 9:10 AM on September 28 2007 by , Minneapolis MN

I thought this recipe was just superb! Wonderful taste and you would never know it was healthy. I will make this dish again in the near future.
Posted at 9:36 AM on September 14 2007 by , Orlando FL

great manicotti!

My husband and I just loved this dish. It had great flavor, and the crushed red pepper gives it a nice zing without over powering. The only thing that I modified in the recipe was my use of fresh spinach. Even when I had changed that, it was still really good. I will definitely be making this again soon.
Posted at 9:42 AM on July 23 2007 by Heather , Pullman WA

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