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Serves: 7
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This dish offers a great way to get your kids to eat their spinach. Wrapped in cheese and topped in tomato sauce, there's no wonder manicotti is a best-loved recipe by the whole family.
1 (32-ounce) jar chunky-style spaghetti sauce
2 (10-ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
1 (12-ounce) container small curd creamed cottage cheese (1 1/2 cups)
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon snipped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoon pepper
14 uncooked manicotti shells (about 8 ounces)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 ounces)
1. Heat oven to 350°.
2. Spread 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce in ungreased rectangular baking dish, 13 x 9 x 2 inches. Mix spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, oregano and pepper. Fill uncooked manicotti shells with spinach mixture; arrange on spaghetti sauce in dish.
3. Pour remaining spaghetti sauce evenly over shells, covering completely; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover and bake until shells are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
1 SERVING: Calories 450 (Calories from Fat 145); Fat 16g (Saturated 8g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 1270mg; Carbohydrates 55g (Dietary Fiber 5g); Protein 27g.
From "Betty Crocker's Best-Loved Recipes." Text Copyright 1998 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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