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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a small skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil for about 3 minutes, set aside. | 2. In a bowl, combine ricotta cheese, just 1/2 cup of the mozarella, all of the cream cheese, just 4 Tbsp of the Parmesan,the Italian seasoning, and the pepper until smooth. | 3. Add the onion mixture to the cheese mixture, along with the spinach (along with a dash to taste of both freshly grated nutmeg and some cinnamon). | 4. Fill the cooked manicotti noodles either with a spoon or by piping the mixture (using a decorating bag or a ziptop bag with one end snipped off). | 5. Pour half of the sauce into the bottom of a greased 9x13" casserole. | 6. Place filled manicotti in the pan on top of the sauce, then pour the remaining sauce over the top. | 7. Cover an bake at 350 F 25 minutes. | 8. Remove the cover, sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese and bake another 5-10 minutes more to melt cheese. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic	3	cloves	minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
vegetable oil	1	tablespoon		117.23200000000001	0.0	0.0	13.6
ricotta cheese	1 1/2	cups		647.28	11.3088	41.8872	48.2856
mozzarella cheese	1	cup	shredded divided	-	-	-	-
cream cheese	4	ounces	softened	334.53	3.969	8.0514	32.4324
parmesan cheese	6	tablespoons	grated divided	111.0	12.0	12.0	1.5
italian seasoning	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
spinach	1	package	chopped thawed squeezed frozen	-	-	-	-
manicotti	8		cooked drained	-	-	-	-
spaghetti sauce	1	jar		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/8 - 1/4	teaspoon	ground	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1/8 - 1/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.