Ingredients
- 1 small tub cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup parsley (I used fresh, mixed with a bit of fresh basil)
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 2 eggs
- 1 package manicotti noodles (I didn't use 4)
- 1/2 pound hamburger
- 1/2 pound sausage (I used 1/2 a package of light sausage - 6 oz.)
- 1 packet thick and zesty spaghetti sauce mix
- 1 Tablespoon butter (I may have left this out because the sauce packet said it was optional
- 1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 cup mozzarella
Directions
- Make manicotti noodles according to package directions. Preheat oven to 375
- Mix first 5 ingredients together in a bowl to fill manicotti.
- Cook hamburger and sausage. Add onion and garlic as meat cooks if desired (I used my precooked hamburger which I make with dried onions. I also threw in some garlic.) Add tomato paste, packet, water and butter if using. Make according to packet directions. Fill shells with cottage cheese mixture. Put a little meat sauc in the bottom of a 9 X 13 pan. Place stuffed manicotti on top of sauce. Cover with remaining sauce. Top with cheese. Bake for 45 minutes.
Okay, that does it! I've been wanting to start doing something just like this. In fact, tonight we bought so many groceries (for the month) that we could barely push the cart! As it stands, I'm going to start using your website as major inspiration! I LOVE manicotti, and I bought the ingredients tonight to make the Food Nanny's Spaghetti! (I'll try it your way, except I bought chopped tomatoes that already have garlic, basil, and oregano, so I can probably leave out any extra.)
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Good luck with the spaghetti. I just tried a new one last night that I need to blog. It was yummy.
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