Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti

Name: Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Manicotti
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 oz Frozen Spinach (thawed completely and squeezed dry); 8 oz Shredded Mozzarella Cheese; 15 oz Ricotta (or you could use cottage cheese instead); 4 oz Cream Cheese; 1/2 cup Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese; 2 large Eggs; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Pepper; 1 box (12-14 Shells) Manicotti Noodles (DO NOT COOK NOODLES); 4 cup Marinara Sauce; 1/2 cup Shredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese (for topping); 1 lb Ground Beef

Erica @cook_3294465

So good!! I added a lb of ground beef!! Yummmm!! :ohyeaah

Erica @cook_3294465

So good!! I added a lb of ground beef!! Yummmm!! :ohyeaah

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Ingredients

45 mins

6 servings

10 ozFrozen Spinach (thawed completely and squeezed dry)
8 ozShredded Mozzarella Cheese
15 ozRicotta (or you could use cottage cheese instead)
4 ozCream Cheese
1/2 cupShredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese
2 largeEggs
1/2 tspSalt
1/2 tspPepper
1 box(12-14 Shells) Manicotti Noodles (DO NOT COOK NOODLES)
4 cupMarinara Sauce
1/2 cupShredded Romano or Parmesan Cheese (for topping)
OPTIONAL:
1 lbGround Beef

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Steps

45 mins

1

Preheat oven to 350°
2

If adding ground beef, brown and drain fat.
3

In a large bowl; mix spinach, cheeses, eggs, salt and pepper (and ground beef if added).
4

Place about 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce in 9x13 inch pan. Spread it around to cover the bottom.
5

Put the mixed filling into a plastic bag. (You can use either a frosting piping bag or a gallon zip bag.) Snip the corner, gather the top and squeeze the filling into the corner.
6

Hold an uncooked manicotti shell in your hand and squeeze the filling inside the shell. Let it overflow on both sides. Place the filled shell into the sauce-lined pan.
7

Repeat with remaining manicotti and fill the pan with stuffed shells, until you run out of shells and filling. (You should be able to fill 12-14 shells-if you run out of room in your pan, use a separate smaller pan to accommodate the extra.)
8

Cover the pasta with marinara sauce. Sprinkle 1/2 cup Romano/Parmesan cheese on top. Cover with foil and place it in the oven for 50 minutes.
9

Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.