- Ingredients:
- 8 plates of cannelloni
- 1 bunch of green asparagus
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 carrots
- 350 g light spread cheese
- A few stalks of chives
- Olive oil
- Pepper
- Salt
Who said that cannelloni cannot be included in a diet? Here we have a recipe for healthy, succulent and very colorful cannelloni - for a holiday, for example - that does not have to gain weight if you do without the cream and the bechamel and replace them with low-calorie spread cheese for the filling .
In addition, as we do without the coverage, they can also be left ready and eaten cold when the heat is on.
How to prepare it step by step
- Wash, peel and cut . Peel the tomatoes first. Next, scrape the carrot and wash it. And finally, cut both vegetables into small cubes.
- Cook the asparagus . Clean them and cut them in half. Cook them in salty water for about 8 minutes and drain and cool.
- Mix the cheese . Chop the chives very finely. Reserve a little to plate and mix the rest with the cream cheese, salt and pepper. Keep it in the fridge.
- Cook the cannelloni plates . Once cooked, remove the plates with a slotted spoon and let them drain flat on a cloth.
- Fill the cannelloni . Spread the cheese mixture over them. Add the tomato, carrot and asparagus, and roll them up.
- Plating . Serve them sprinkled with the chopped chives that you had reserved and water them with a thread of oil.
Clara trick
To intensify the flavor
When serving, instead of adding the oil and chives separately, grind them together and pour the mixture over the cannelloni.
Substitute the cream or the béchamel
Pasta recipes, and especially cannelloni, often include cream or béchamel to give both the filling and the topping a creamy texture.
The first option to reduce its caloric content is to replace the cream and milk with skimmed milk or low-fat vegetable milk , the latter essential if we want to make a vegan version of the dish.
Another option is the one we have chosen in our recipe: use light spread cheese for the filling , which has much fewer calories than cream or béchamel, and retains its richness in calcium and protein.
Finally, we can change the classic coverage for a very light coverage based on skimmed yogurt with a pinch of salt, oil, aromatic plants and a pinch of citrus to taste.
