Spinach Cannelloni with No Pasta

This keto cannelloni recipe uses small, thin omelettes instead of pasta tubes.   A great low carb and gluten free main dish that is simple to make and full of flavour.

 Pasta is one of the things we used to eat a lot of before our low carb days and this is a great substitute.  The filling here is spinach and cream cheese, but you could use fillings such as chicken, beef, other veggies…the choice is yours. 

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The amount of cannelloni “tubes” will depend upon the size of your eggs.  My recent photographs and the video used medium sized eggs which resulted in 4 cannelloni.  My first photos for this recipe as below used 4 large eggs and I got 6 cannelloni tubes as per the photo below.

This is a simple but delicious recipe that I often reach to when I want a tasty and quick dish.  If you use Parmesan cheese on top you will get a slight crunch to the top which echoes the traditional pasta tubes.  I have used Mozzarella cheese in place of this and the topping was more soft, yet still delicious.  Hey, it’s smothered in cheese, what’s not to like! 

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Spinach Cannelloni - no pasta

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Course: Main Course, Vegetarian

Calories: 182kcal

Author: Angela Coleby

Ingredients

• 2 cups (360g) Spinach cooked weight
• 125 g Cream cheese
• 3/4 cup (75g) Parmesan grated
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil
• 4 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Nutmeg ground
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons water

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 190C/375F degrees.
  
• Cook the spinach until tender (if using fresh). Mix with the cream cheese, half the Parmesan cheese and season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
  
• Whisk the eggs with the water and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a frying pan on a medium heat and pour in 1/4 cup of the egg mixture. This will make a small, thin omelette. Cook until firm and turn over to cook the over side. Remove and place to the side. Continue to do this until all of egg mixture is used.
  
• Spoon some of the spinach mixture onto an edge of an omelette and roll up. Place in a shallow gratin dish and repeat using all the omelettes.
  
• Sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan cheese and bake for 25 minutes.
  

Notes

Serves 2-4 (makes 4-6 spinach rolls)

Nutritional Info per “cannelloni” tube:  182 Calories, 14g Fat, 12g Protein, 4g Total Carbs, 2g Fibre, 2g Net Carbs

 

Nutrition

Calories: 182kcal

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