Beef and Sausage Manicotti

Ingredients

• Ground beef

  95% lean meat / 5% fat, raw

  ¾ lb or 340g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  ¾ tsp or 3g

• Salt

  Table

  ¾ tsp or 5g

• Mozzarella cheese

  Part skim milk, low moisture

  ¾ cup, shredded or 85g

• Hot Italian Turkey Sausage

  Lean - Jenny O

  4 servings or 400g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 75g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 tsp or 6g

• Ricotta cheese

  Part skim milk

  1 ¼ cup or 308g

• Premium Selection Italian Seasoning

  Badia Gourmet Blends - Walmart

  1 serving or 100g

• Basil

  Fresh

  1 tbsp, chopped or 3g

• Tomato products

  Canned, paste, with salt added

  1 can (6 oz) or 170g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Tomato sauce

  Canned

  228g

• Onions

  Raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 80g

• Tomatoes

  Crushed, canned

  2 cup or 480g

Directions

1. Directions: 1.Pre-heat the oven to 350. Lightly mist a 9×13 casserole dish with cooking spray. 2.In a large skillet or saute pan, cook the ground beef and sausage together over medium heat, breaking them up into small pieces as they cook. Once the meat is almost cooked through, add the mushrooms and green peppers. Continue to cook for a few more minutes until meat is completely cooked through and peppers and mushrooms are softened. Add a clove of minced garlic, stir and cook for an additional minute. Remove the contents of the pan to a mixing bowl and allow to cool. Once the mixture has cooled, stir in the Ricotta cheese and tablespoon of basil. 3.Set a large pot of salted water to boil and cook the manicotti noodles according to package directions. Drain and rinse noodles. 4.While waiting for the water to boil in step 3, bring a teaspoon of olive oil over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add the chopped onion and stir to coat. Cook, stirring occasionally, for a few minutes until onions are softened. Add the 2 cloves of minced garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, tablespoon of basil, Italian seasoning, salt, sugar and the bay leaf to the onion mixture and reduce heat to low to simmer. Stir to combine and let simmer for around 15 minutes. Remove the bay leaf before using the sauce in the dish. 5.When the other steps are complete, spread about 2/3 cup of the sauce across the bottom of the prepared baking dish from step 1. Use a spoon to stuff each of the cooked manicotti noodles with the meat/ricotta mixture you made in step two and lay them in the dish (feel free to cram them in there or pile a few extras on top). Cover the stuffed manicotti with the remaining tomato sauce and then sprinkle with shredded Mozzarella. 6.Place the dish in the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes until heated through and bubbly. Weight Watchers SmartPoints: 9 per (2 piece) serving (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) Weight Watchers Points Plus: 9 per (2 piece) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below) Nutrition Information per 2 piece serving: 385 calories, 42 g carbs, 13 g sugars, 9 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 33 g protein, 6 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)

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