Recipe - Manicotti Or Stuffed Pasta Shell Filling

1 Jar (32 oz) chunky style
spaghetti sauce
2 pack (10 oz) frozen chopped
spinach, thawed and well
drained
1 Container (12 oz) small curd
creamed cottage cheese
1/3 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon Dried oregano leaves
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
14 Uncooked manicotti shells (8
oz)
2 cup Shredded mozzarella cheese
(8 oz)

Spread 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce in ungreased 13 x 9 x 2" baking pan. Mix
spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, oregano and pepper in a mixing
bowl. Fill uncooked manicotti shells with spinach mixture; arrange on
spaghetti sauce in dish. Pour remaining spaghetti sauce evenly over shells,
covering completely. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Cover and bake in 350
degree oven until shells are tender, about 1One half hours.

NOTE:

If making Baked Stuffed Pasta Shells, you will need to cook the pasta
noodles in boiling water, according to package directions. Cool before
stuffing. Proceed as above.

Posted to rec.food.recipes by ag261@cleveland.freenet.edu (Ray Taylor) on
Sep 30, 1994.