Low Calorie

Frank and Chili Manicotti
Low Calorie Recipe

Ingredients:
8 pieces Manicotti pasta, cooked
1/2 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
2 slices fat-free Swiss cheese singles, cut into strips
8 fat-free frankfurters
30 ounces vegetarian chili with beans, canned
10 ounces tomatoes and green chilies, drained and cut up

This recipe serves 8.

Directions:
Slit each frankfurter lengthwise to the center. Insert a strip of cheese into each slit. Place one cheese-stuffed frankfurter into each cooked manicotti pasta shell; set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine chili with beans, tomatoes and chilies. Spoon two cups of the mixture into bottom of a 2-quart glass dish. Arrange filled manicotti shells atop chili mixture in dish. Pour remaining chili mixture over top. Cover and microwave on high for ten minutes, or until heated through, turning dish twice during cooking time. Uncover and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Microwave again on high for one minute, or until cheese has melted.

Nutrition information per serving:
Calories: 228
Fat: 3g
Calories from fat: 11 percent
Protein: 18g
Carbohydrate: 33g
Cholesterol: 21mg
Sodium: 976mg