Cheese & Olive Manicotti With Mushroom Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 manicotti, pieces cooked according to directions without salt or fat
• 2 tablespoons black olives, chopped
• 6 tablespoons fat-free ricotta cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
• onion powder, a dash (optional)
• garlic powder, a dash
• italian seasoning (a pinch "or" two)
• 1 pinch salt, divided
• crushed red pepper flakes, a pinch or two (optional)
• 2 tablespoons part-skim mozzarella cheese, grated, divided
• nonstick vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup sliced button mushroom
• 1/2 tablespoon flour
• 6 tablespoons nonfat milk or 6 tablespoons 1% low-fat milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 cook manicotti and set aside.
• 3 in a bowl, combine chopped black olives, ricotta cheese, egg , parmesan cheese, italian seasoning, pinch of salt, pinch of crushed red pepper flakes (if using), a dash of onion powder(if using), a dash of garlic powder and 1 tbsp grated mozzarella cheese.
• 4 spray a small baking dish with nonstick vegetable cooking spray.
• 5 fill the manicotti evenly with the ricotta cheese mixture, laying them into the dish.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 in a saucepan sprayed with nonstick vegetable cooking, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and mushrooms.
• 8 cook for 1 minute and add the flour.
• 9 add the milk gradually and with a wire whisk smooth out the lumps.
• 10 cook mushroom sauce 2 to 3 minutes until thickened.
• 11 check for seasoning & add a pinch of salt, if needed.
• 12 pour sauce over manicotti and top with remaining 1 tbsp grated mozzarella cheese.
• 13 bake uncovered for 25 minutes.