Seafood and Spinach Pasta Bake
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Recipe: #4701
February 20, 2012
"Who says cooking for diabetics has to be boring and tasteless? This has nice flavour and texture, and won't break the bank to make."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (235.7 g)
- Calories 474.3
- Total Fat - 30 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.3 g
- Cholesterol - 82.1 mg
- Sodium - 544.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 32.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.5 g
- Sugars - 1.1 g
- Protein - 20.5 g
- Calcium - 319.7 mg
- Iron - 2.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step 1
Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until bubbling.
Step 2
Whisk in cream and broth, increase heat to medium, and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until bubbling. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, one minute.
Step 3
Reduce heat to low; stir in onion, garlic, basil, pepper and cheddar cheese and cook for one minute, stirring constantly.
Step 4
Spread 1/3 of cheese mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch glass baking dish.
Step 5
Layer half of the penne, all of the cottage cheese, and half of the crab and lobster; follow with another 1/3 of the cheese mixture.
Step 6
Layer remaining penne, spinach (should still be wet), and the remaining crab and lobster; follow with remaining cheese mixture.
Step 7
Sprinkle with Parmesan and bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.