Greek Stuffed Manicotti

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 14 manicotti
• 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken breasts, and chopped
• 1 cup fresh baby spinach, chopped
• 10 sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, chopped small
• 1/2 cup feta, crumbled
• 10 kalamata olives, pitted and minced
• 1/3 cup italian parsley, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 -2 garlic clove, pressed
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest (or more)
• 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• salt
• top with more feta or mozzarella cheese
• 1 dash italian seasoning (optional)
• garnish with remaining parsley

Recipe

• 1 cook manicotti noodles as per directions, but just undercooked so they are easy to handle and won't split easy upon stuffing.
• 2 mix together chicken, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, half of the italian parsley, olive oil, italian seasoning, black pepper and garlic. add salt if desired.
• 3 stuff filling into noodles with small spoon so they don't break and they fill completely.
• 4 sauce:.
• 5 mix together yogurt, heavy cream, chicken stock. pour into saucepan and allow to simmer and reduce down. add lemon juice, lemon zest and salt. remove from heat.
• 6 place some sauce on the bottom of baking dish.
• 7 line dish with stuffed noodles and pour remaining sauce over.
• 8 sprinkle with feta or mozzarella cheese.
• 9 garnish with remaining parsley.
• 10 bake at 350°f for 25 minutes until bubbling.