Light Veggie Cannelloni
From jo_jo_ba 16 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onions shopping list
- 4 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 1 cup grated carrots shopping list
- 1 cup grated zucchini shopping list
- 1 cup chopped mushrooms shopping list
- 1-1/2 tsp dried basil shopping list
- 2 tsp dried oregano shopping list
- 1/2 tsp black pepper shopping list
- 4 oz fat-free cream cheese, cut into cubes shopping list
- 1 small package (10 oz) frozen spinach, thawed and drained shopping list
- 1 cup skim ricotta cheese shopping list
- 12 cannelloni tubes, uncooked shopping list
- 3 cups tomato sauce shopping list
- 1/4 cup shredded, part-skim mozzarella cheese (2 ounces) shopping list
How to make it
- Heat a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Add onions.
- Cook and stir until softened.
- Add garlic, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, basil, oregano, and pepper. Cook for about 3 more minutes.
- Add cream cheese and spinach and stir until melted and spinach is broken apart.
- Remove from heat. Stir in ricotta cheese.
- Transfer filling to a large bowl and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Cook pasta 6-7 minutes. It should still be very firm.
- Using a teaspoon, stuff tubes.
- Spread a thin layer of pasta sauce over bottom of 2 baking dishes.
- Arrange 6 stuffed tubes in each dish.
- Pour remaining sauce over pasta and sprinkle with mozzarella.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees F. for 40 minutes.
- **You can freeze one tray for later in the week if required!
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