{"id":3105,"date":"2016-04-27T17:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2016-04-27T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:40:10","slug":"baked-manicotti-simple-and-delicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2016\/04\/27\/baked-manicotti-simple-and-delicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Baked Manicotti &#8211; Simple and Delicious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manicotti is one of those meals that is perfect for any occasion and, best of all, it is even better the next day. When we&#8217;re looking for a meal that can satisfy our tastes as well as offer multiple dinner options, manicotti is an excellent choice. The spaghetti or marinara sauce can pull double duty and be frozen or put over pasta later in the week and the leftovers make a wonderful lunch as well.\u00a0 Baked manicotti can be made for a large party or for just the two of us, which works out perfect with our busy lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 box Manicotti Shells (10 shells) &#8211; If you can&#8217;t find manicotti shells, you can substitute cannelloni shells.<\/li>\n<li>2 cups Spaghetti or Marinara Sauce &#8211; we used our own semi-homemade sauce, but you can\u00a0use your favorite sauce.<\/li>\n<li>16 oz Ricotta Cheese<\/li>\n<li>8 oz\u00a0Mozzarella Cheese &#8211; shredded<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp Garlic Powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp Italian Seasoning<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>Parmesan Cheese &#8211; shredded as desired<\/li>\n<li>Salt and Pepper\u00a0to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3118\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dsc_0079.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2016\/04\/27\/baked-manicotti-simple-and-delicious\/dsc_0079\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dsc_0079.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1461521045&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;560&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_0079\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Baked Manicotti&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dsc_0079.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dsc_0079.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3118\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dsc_0079.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Baked Manicotti\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baked Manicotti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cook the shells according to the box instructions leaving\u00a0them slightly al dente since they will be baked afterward.\u00a0\u00a0Mix the ricotta cheese,\u00a0three-quarters of the mozzarella cheese, garlic powder,\u00a0Italian seasoning, egg, salt, and pepper in a\u00a0medium-sized bowl.\u00a0 In a casserole dish, spread about a half a cup of the sauce into the bottom of the dish.\u00a0 When the shells are cool, stuff them with the cheese mixture and place into the casserole dish.\u00a0 Cover the shells with remaining sauce.\u00a0 Top with the remaining mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese, if using.\u00a0 Bake in\u00a0a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for thirty minutes or until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3114\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dsc_00461.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2016\/04\/27\/baked-manicotti-simple-and-delicious\/dsc_0046-2\/\" 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When we&#8217;re looking for a meal that can satisfy our tastes as well as offer multiple dinner options, manicotti is an excellent choice. The spaghetti or marinara sauce can pull double duty &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2016\/04\/27\/baked-manicotti-simple-and-delicious\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baked Manicotti &#8211; Simple and Delicious<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89944846,"featured_media":3119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2832],"tags":[7630,59990,13789,594157734,1642,570601,18654,8845],"class_list":["post-3105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-cheese","tag-comfort-food","tag-dinner","tag-food","tag-italian","tag-manicotti","tag-pasta","tag-recipe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dsc_0101.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6pbM5-O5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89944846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3105"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3125,"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105\/revisions\/3125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}