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Cheese Manicotti




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




1 box Manicotti noodles (we like the kind that DON'T have ridges)
1 large container cottage cheese, small curd (fat free does not work
well, 4% works best)
3 cup bag of Italian blend shredded cheese or shredded mozzarela
Oregano to taste
Parmesan cheese (optional)
1 large jar of spaghetti sauce


Recipe



DO NOT COOK NOODLES! Heat spaghetti sauce over low heat while mixing
the cottage cheese, 2 cups of the shredded cheese and oregano. Using
a spoon, fill the uncooked noodles with the cheese mixture. (I used
to be able to get my kids to help with this.) Put a little of the hot
spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish that has been
sprayed with cooking spray. Place the filled noodles in a single
layer in the pan and if there is any filling left over fill in the
spaces with it. Cover completely with remaining spaghetti sauce and
then top with remaining cheese.

Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Using hot spaghetti sauce will
cook the noodles while baking. However, I usually put this dish
together the night before and bake it the next night. It really is
wonderful


This is for people who like manicotti but don't feel like they have the
time
to stuff them. Try this.

Mix the ingredients for the filling. Spoon into a baggie (a ziploc
works
fine too). Squeeze out the air and seal. Snip off a corner leaving a
hole
the same size as the noodles that you want to fill. Now grab the bag,
aim
the snipped corner into a noodle and squeeze. The filing will pop
right in
there. If you are having trouble getting the filling to go into dry
noodles
rather than cooked ones, rinse the noodle in cold water just before you
begin to fill it. The way the filling slips in easier.

The baggie method works great for other things too. We buy our pizza
sauce
by the gallon from Costco. I bag it up in ziplocs in the amount that I
use
per pizza. Freeze it laying flat and thawing takes about 4 minutes in
a
sink of hot water. Then just snip a corner and spread on your pizza.

Traveling? Put sandwich fillings in a bag. Squeeze onto bread when
you are
ready for them.