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Easy Sausage Manicotti

Today we had our 32 week appointment.  Everything went well.  The ultrasound showed that she has assumed a head down position so we are hoping she will stay that way. She did a nice job of showing us her tongue as she was sticking it in and out of her mouth...it was entertaining.



Tonight, I am looking forward to an evening with my cooking group.  Tonight's theme is Italian.  I am currently a work in progress as far as my cooking skills go, but I do enjoy learning and...eating.  This afternoon, I decided to give my recipe a trial run so I could get my husband's feedback.  

Easy Sausage Manicotti:

32 oz of 4% Cottage Cheese 
2 lbs. of sausage (I choose turkey sausage, but any sausage should do)
16-20 Manicotti Shells (About two boxes)
26 oz of Italian Sauce (You could either make your own from scratch or buy a jar of sauce)
2 C of Mozzarella Cheese (Or any other preferred Italian cheese blend)
2 Eggs

Prepare Filling:

Brown sausage in large skillet.  Drain grease.  Combine 2 eggs, cottage cheese, and cooked sausage.  Add grated parmesan & romano cheese (optional), small handful of monzzalla cheese (optional). 

Prepare Sauce:
Find a strong man, ask him to open your jar of store bought sauce.  OR I suppose you could make your own.  Pour sauce into bowl.  Season as desired.  (Italian seasoning, Garlic Pounder, etc.)

Stuff Manicotti:
Spoon filling into UNCOOKED manicotti noodles. The noodles will soften when cooked in the oven, and the noodles are easier to fill when uncooked.  
Pictured is my little trial size I did for lunch.  They get a little messy, but it is a lot easier to stuff when they are uncooked.

After the noodles are stuffed.  Cover with sauce.  Put in the oven, covered.  Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour.  
After baking, cover the top with mozzarella cheese.  I noticed that with my trial size that sauce seemed to dry up some as it cooked (the noodles probably absorbed some of the liquid).  So I added some more sauce at this point in addition to the mozzarella cheese. Place back in the oven for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and any additional sauce is heated.  
Enjoy!

Let's just hope my second batch turns out as well for my cooking group tonight!  



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