Low Fat Manicotti

• 1 lb. fresh ground lean turkey
• 1 box frozen spinach
• 3 green onions, chopped along with greens
• 1 stalk celery, chopped fine
• 2 Tbsp. fresh chopped parsley
• 1 tsp. marjoram
• 10 manicotti tubes
• salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 cake tofu
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• 1/2 c. green, yellow or red bell pepper, chopped fine
• 1 Tbsp. sweet basil
• 1/2 Tbsp. oregano
• dry red wine such as Burgundy

1. Heat a frying pan.
2. Add the olive oil, onions, garlic, celery and peppers.
3. Saute until the whites of the onions turn clear.
4. Add ground turkey.
5. Cook until the turkey is done.
6. Drain well.
7. Add approximately 1/3 cup of the wine into the pan.
8. Simmer until the wine is reduced by half.
9. Drain well again.
10. The wine will cut the olive oil and some of the fat of the turkey and add taste.
11. Mix meat mixture with thawed and drained spinach.
12. Put tofu in a blender and blend until smooth.
13. Stir into mixture.
14. Stir in rest of the ingredients.
15. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
16. Stuff manicotti tubes with the mixture.
17. Place stuffed tubes in a glass roasting dish. Pour fat free commercial (Healthy Choice is good) or homemade spaghetti sauce.
18. It must cover the tubes.
19. Bake covered for 1 hour.
20. Serve tubes with low-fat grated Romano cheese.

fresh ground lean turkey, frozen spinach, green onions, celery, parsley, marjoram, tubes, salt, olive oil, cake, garlic, green, sweet basil, oregano, red wine

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=347872 (may not work)