Four Cheese Manicotti in Cream Sauce

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Ingredients:

• 1 large onion diced fine or shredded
• 1 lb mushroom sliced
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup flour
• 4 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups parmesan cheese grated
• salt and pepper
• 1 lb ricotta cheese
• 4 ounces mozzarella cheese diced
• 1/2 cup romano cheese grated
• 1/4 cup walnuts finely chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
• 3 eggs
• 1 dash nutmeg

Steps:

• Saute onion and mushrooms if using in butter 5 minutes; stir in flour
• Gradually stir in milk; stir over low heat until sauce bubbles and thickens
• Stir in 1 cup Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste; set aside
• Cook manicotti shells according to package directions; drain and cover with cold water
• Mix together ricotta mozzarella Romano and remaining Parmesan cheese; add walnuts parsley and eggs
• Season to taste with salt pepper and nutmeg
• Drain manicotti shells; stuff with cheese mixture
• Place shells side by side in a greased shallow baking pan; spoon sauce over all
• Bake in preheated 400F oven 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly and golden

Fresh Spinach and Mushroom Manicotti

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Ingredients:

• 1 8 ounce package manicotti
• 6 ounces fresh mushrooms chopped
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 6 ounce package fresh spinach chopped or 1 10 ounce package frozen spinach chopped thawed and patted very dry
• 2 large eggs
• 1 15 ounce container ricotta cheese shredded
• 1/3 cup fresh basil chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 26 ounce jar marinara sauce
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese fresh and grated

Steps:

• Cook manicotti according to package directions and drain
• Rinse with cold water drain and set aside
• Saut mushrooms and garlic in ht oil in a large skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes
• Add spinach and saute 5 more minutes
• Remove skillet from heat
• Drain any fat off the spinach and garlic
• Stir together eggs ricotta cheese basil and salt in a large bowl add mushroom mixture stirring until blended
• Spread 1 1/2 cups marinara sauce in a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking dish
• Squeeze or spoon spinach mixture into shells
• Arrange stuffed shells in dish
• Pour remaining marinara sauce over the top evenly over shells
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese
• Bake covered at 350F for 30 minutes
• Uncover and bake for 10 more minutes