This Manicotti Recipe is the perfect vegetarian weeknight dinner — stuffed pasta tubes doused in your favorite sauce and topped with melty cheese! Ready in under an hour!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time50 minutesmins
Servings: 6people
Calories: 487kcal
Author: Jennifer Debth
Ingredients
1(8 oz) boxmanicotti pastacooked al dente according to package directions
1(24 oz) containerfull fat cottage cheese
1(8 oz) blockmozzarella cheeseshredded and divided
¾cupgrated parmesan cheesedivided
1teaspoonItalian seasoning
1teaspoondried basil
½teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoononion powder
¼teaspoonnutmeg
1 ¼teaspoonssalt
1teaspoonground black pepper
2largeeggs
1(10 oz) packagefrozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease 2 (9x13 inch) baking dishes with cooking spray. Set aside.
Place cottage cheese, 1/2 of the mozzarella, 1/2 cup of the parmesan, Italian seasoning, basil, garlic powder, onion powder, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and eggs into a food processor.
Process until combined. It’s okay if it's still a little chunky.
Pulse in spinach until it’s incorporated. Set aside.
Pour half the sauce into the bottom of the prepared pans.
Place cottage cheese mixture into a gallon sized ziplock baggie, seal, then snip one corner of the baggie with scissors.
Pipe filling into each manicotti shell and arrange over sauce.
Pour remaining sauce over top, then sprinkle with remaining mozzarella, and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.