Recipe - Meaty Manicotti

1 pound Lean ground beef
One fourth cup Chopped onion
1 Clove garlic; mashed
1 cn Spinach; drained and chopped
(14 oz)
One half cup Cottage cheese
2 Eggs; lightly beaten
12 Cooked macaroni shells
1 Jar spaghetti sauce with
mushrooms; (15 One half oz)
One half cup Grated parmesan cheese
1 cup Shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease 13 x 9inch baking pan; set aside.
Brown ground beef in medium skillet over mediumhigh heat. Add onion and
garlic. Sauté 3 to 4 minutes until onion is tender. Drain off excess fat.
Remove from heat and add spinach, cottage cheese, eggs, salt and pepper.
Stir until well mixed. Fill each shell with One fourth cup meat mixture. Place
filled shells in prepared baking pan. Pour spaghetti sauce evenly over
filled shells. Sprinkle Parmesan, then mozzarella cheese over Sauce. Bake
30 minutes.
Posted to recipeludigest by "Lynn Ratcliffe" mcgrew@ntr.net on Mar 28,
1998