Three Cheese Stuffed Manicotti - A great tasting easy recipe and freezer friendly too! Delicious pasta stuffed with cheese and baked in a tomato sauce.
This delicious recipe has been generously shared by one of our great cooks, Simone.
When I first saw Simone's photos of what she had been cooking for her family I was drooling!
This particular recipe, Three Cheese Stuffed Manicotti is just one of many delicious recipes Simone has developed and we're all so grateful at Lovefoodies that Simone has taken the time to share her tasty secrets!
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Together with this recipe, Simone tells me she serves this dish with her homemade bread rolls, and yes, Simone has also kindly shared that recipe with us too!
So without further ado, let's meet Simone and her Manicotti recipe!
Recipe from Simone Logozzo
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
15 -30 minutes approx
Yield
4 Persons
Ingredients
1 container low fat cottage cheese
½ cup or 50 g shredded mozzarella cheese (save a little to sprinkle on the top before you put it in the oven)
½ cup or 50 g grated parmesan cheese
1 beaten egg
1-2 tablespoons of parsley
1 teaspoon oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
8-10 manicotti cooked according to package
1 -1 & ½ cups or 240 ml - 350 ml Tomato sauce or make your own.
Instructions
1. Preheat oven 375F or 190C or Gas 5
2. Cook the manicotti and place on a greased cookie sheet.
3. Meanwhile, mix together all the other ingredients.
4. Gently stuff the cheese filling into the manicotti (I put the stuffing into a ziplock bag and snip off one corner, so I can just pipe it directly into the pasta).
5. Place the stuffed manicotti in a greased 9 x 13 dish and cover it with tomato sauce (I make my own tomato sauce, but store bought is fine as well).
6. Spread some extra mozzarella on top.Cover the dish with foil and then uncover for a few minutes near the end to crisp the cheese on top.
7. Bake in the oven at 375 until its heated through. (Depending on how many you are making, 15 - 30 minutes)
This recipe can be made ahead of time. Or you can even stuff the manicotti and freeze them for another day. All you have to do is take them out of the freezer, pour sauce over frozen manicotti and bake until heated through.
This is a great go-to recipe for families that are on the run, easy to put together and great for a rainy day!!
By the way, this is a low fat option...you can also use ricotta in place of the cottage cheese (there really is no difference in taste so I always use the low fat option)
I always make this with my rolls recipe.
Make Simone's Soft Bread Rolls to go with your dinner!
We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other ingredients? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
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Three Cheese Stuffed Manicotti
Three Cheese Stuffed Manicotti - A great tasting easy recipe and freezer friendly too! Delicious pasta stuffed with cheese and baked in a homemade tomato sauce
Ingredients
- 1 container low fat cottage cheese
- ½ cup or 50 g shredded mozzarella cheese, save a little to sprinkle on the top before you put it in the oven
- ½ cup or 50 g grated parmesan cheese
- 1 beaten egg
- 1-2 tablespoons of parsley
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 8-10 manicotti cooked according to package
- 1 -1 & ½ cups or 240 ml - 350 ml Tomato sauce or make your own.
Instructions
- Preheat oven 375F or 190C or Gas 5
- Cook the manicotti and place on a greased cookie sheet. Meanwhile, mix together all the other ingredients.
- Gently stuff the cheese filling into the manicotti (I put the stuffing into a ziplock bag and snip off one corner, so I can just pipe it directly into the pasta).
- Place the stuffed manicottis in a greased 9 x 13 dish and cover with tomato sauce (I make my own tomato sauce, but store bought is fine as well).
- Spread some extra mozzarella on top.Cover the dish with foil and then uncover for a few minutes near the end to crisp the cheese on top.
- Bake in the oven at 375 until its heated through. (Depending on how many you are making, 15 - 30 minutes)
Notes
This is a low fat option...you can also use ricotta in place of the cottage cheese (there really is no difference in taste so I always use the low fat option)
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 707Total Fat: 35gSaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 229mgSodium: 2140mgCarbohydrates: 50gFiber: 5gSugar: 12gProtein: 48g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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Annette Granby
says:What size container cottage cheese
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Annette, it’s just the regular size container so it’ll be about 8oz
Allison
says:Does 1 container of the cottage cheese mean the 16oz or 24oz container?
Cinni
says:How many cups of cottage cheese? Containers come in several sizes.
Emberly
says:This looks so delicious can meat be added into this recipe.
lovefoodies
says:Hi Emberly, yes, of course meat can be added. I would use ground meat, fry it off with some chopped onions, let it cool then mix it in with the cheese and add it in the tubes. You might have to make sure you cut a hole big enough in your ziplock bag so the filling can pass through easily. Sounds delicious with meat :)