I've made this recipe twice now and I LOVE it!! Mmmmmm!! I can't take credit - its from a Taste of Home book with a few of my personal improvisations. :) i cant make anything exactly like the recipe says. Hope you like it too!!
14 uncooked manicotti shells
1 roll Jimmy Dean sausage - original
1 lb ground turkey or beef
Salt
Minced garlic - a couple tsp of the kind in a jar or 2 cloves
2 c shredded mozzarella cheese
4oz cream cheese
4 c spaghetti sauce
Parmesan cheese
- cool manicotti according to directions on box; drain and rinse with cold water
- meanwhile cook meats, garlic and salt (to taste); drain and let cool
- stir together meat, mozz cheese and cream cheese
- spread half the spaghetti sauce in bottom of 9x13 pan
- stuff each shell with meat mixture, arrange in pan
- pour remaining sauce over shells; sprinkle Parmesan on top
- bake, covered, at 350* for 40 min; uncover and bake 5-10 minutes longer until bubble and heated thru
Tips:
I used lasagna shells once and cut them in half and rolled the meat up in it - way easier than stuffing and trying not to rip the manicotti
I added oregano to the meat cuz Dave likes it :)
I had leftover meat, and I didn't really measure the sauce, I just had a huge jar from Sams, so I had that leftover too - you can cut down the recipe or make extra shells if you want; I'm gonna put it all together and eat it on noodles for supper tonight
I made it once with just ground elk meat - it was a lot spicier but it was really good
Ignore that the plate in the pic isn't mine. No, I would never take a picture of the picture in my recipe book just because I forgot to take one when I made it... *fingers crossed behind my back*!!
Maybe tomorrow I'll post the cheesy onion breadsticks I made to go with this. :)
Mmmmmmmm - enjoy!!!
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