Manicotti (Microwave)
"This is one of my grand son's favorites. It's easy and good. It can also be frozen to have some extras on hand."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (576.1 g)
- Calories 1274.2
- Total Fat - 74.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 33.7 g
- Cholesterol - 650.2 mg
- Sodium - 2402.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 49.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.2 g
- Sugars - 8.4 g
- Protein - 96.5 g
- Calcium - 1708.2 mg
- Iron - 7.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place ground beef in 1 1/2-quart casserole. Cook on full power 4 to 5 minutes, or until beef is no longer pink. Stir halfway through cooking time. Drain.
Step 2
Add spaghetti sauce, Italian seasoning, and garlic salt to meat. Set aside
Step 3
Combine eggs, ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese, parsley flakes, onion, salt and pepper.
Step 4
Stuff each cooked manicotti shell with egg-cheese mixture.
Step 5
Place half of meat mixture into 2-quart utility dish.
Step 6
Overlap stuffed manicotti shells on top of meat mixture and then top with remaining meat mixture.
Step 7
Cover loosely with heavy-duty plastic wrap.
Step 8
Cook, covered, on full power for 13 to 16 minutes, or until heated through.
Step 9
Sprinkle remaining Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses over top during last minute of cooking time.
Tips
No special items needed.