Manicotti
I made manicotti tonight instead of the Tamale Bites I had planned on…oh well, this looks great, too! The first picture is what it looked like as I was covering the manicotti with sauce; I left two uncovered for the picture so you could see what they should look like. I started out stuffing the pasta with a small spoon, but that was taking a lot of time, so I ended up using my fingers to stuff them. It was easy and quick that way.
I looked at several recipes online and ended up making my own, loosely based on what I saw.
1 box firm Mori-Nu tofu
1 cup mashed potatoes
1/2 t. sea salt
1/2 t. freshly ground black pepper
1 t. dried and crushed basil
1/2 t. garlic powder
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 cup frozen spinach from a bag
1 box of 14 manicotti shells
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Sauce:
1 32 ounce can of tomato sauce
1 rounded teaspoon chopped garlic
1/4 cup red wine
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon oregano and basil mixed
Stir these together.
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Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mash the first 8 ingredients and mix together well. Then stuff into the uncooked manicotti shells. Lay them in a 9X13 casserole dish. Then pour the sauce on top of the stuffed shells. Cover with foil or with a lid and bake in oven for about 45 minutes. Check the pasta to see if it is finished; if so, sprinkle fresh parsley on top and serve.
I made manicotti tonight instead of the Tamale Bites I had planned on…oh well, this looks great, too! The first picture is what it looked like as I was covering the manicotti with sauce; I left two uncovered for the picture so you could see what they should look like. I started out stuffing the pasta with a small spoon, but that was taking a lot of time, so I ended up using my fingers to stuff them. It was easy and quick that way.
I looked at several recipes online and ended up making my own, loosely based on what I saw.
1 box firm Mori-Nu tofu
1 cup mashed potatoes
1/2 t. sea salt
1/2 t. freshly ground black pepper
1 t. dried and crushed basil
1/2 t. garlic powder
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 cup frozen spinach from a bag
1 box of 14 manicotti shells
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Sauce:
1 32 ounce can of tomato sauce
1 rounded teaspoon chopped garlic
1/4 cup red wine
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon oregano and basil mixed
Stir these together.
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Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mash the first 8 ingredients and mix together well. Then stuff into the uncooked manicotti shells. Lay them in a 9X13 casserole dish. Then pour the sauce on top of the stuffed shells. Cover with foil or with a lid and bake in oven for about 45 minutes. Check the pasta to see if it is finished; if so, sprinkle fresh parsley on top and serve.
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