Diet Pesto Chicken Manicotti Recipe

The Recipe Instructions

Ingredients

1 8oz pkg manicotti shells,
1 uncooked
1 10oz pkg frozen chopped
1 spinach,thawed,& drained
1 16oz carton part skim
1 ricotta cheese
1 cup grated parmesan cheese,
1 divided
1/2 cup egg substitute
2 1/2 cup diced, cooked chicken breast
1 tbsp basil
3/4 tsp pepper
3 cup low-sodium tomato sauce or
1 spaghetti sauce

Directions

Prepare manicotti according to package directions. While manicotti is
cooking squeeze all water out of spinach. When manicotti is done,
drain, and set aside. Preheat oven to 350F. Mix together ricotta
cheese, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and egg substitute. Stir in spinach,
chicken, basil and pepper. Spoon cheese mixture into manicotti shells
and place in a 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Cover with tomato sauce and
sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan chese. Cover and bake 20
minutes at 350F. Uncover and bake 15 minutes more, until cheese is
golden brown. Per Serving: 344 calories, 13g fat, 68mg chol. Best
Recipes 8/95

Servings: 6

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