Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  16                    manicotti
  2              pints  small curd cottage cheese
  1                cup  parmesan cheese
     1/4           cup  fresh basil leaves
  1                     egg
  12            ounces  frozen spinach
  4               cups  marinara sauce

Preparation:

bring a large pot of salted water to a boil add manicotti and simmer for 8 minutes, drain combine remaining ingredients, except marinara sauce-mix well gently stuff into manicotti shells remove to 9x13x2 glass baking dishes pour marinara sauce over all cover with foil bake @ 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes remove from oven, allow to rest for 15 minutes remove and discard foil cover serve hot

Nutritional Information:

259 Calories (kcal); 7g Total Fat; (23% calories from fat); 12g Protein; 37g Carbohydrate; 31mg Cholesterol; 742mg Sodium