Ingredients
1- uncooked manicotti
Cooking spray
1 poung sweet turkey Italian sausage
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 cups fat-free milk
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1 1/2 cups (6ounces) shredded paart-skim mozzarella cheese
2 cups tomato-basil pasta sauce
1/4 cup (1ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
Preparation
Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Remove casings from sausage. Add sausage to pan;cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add onion and bell pepper to pan; saute 5 minutes or until tender. Melt butter in a menium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; grafually add milk stirring with a whisk. Return pan to heat; bring to a boil. Cook 6 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; stir in black pepper.Add1/2 cup milk mixture to sausage mixture; stir well. Preheat oven to 350. Spoon about 1/3 cup sausage mixture into each manicotti; arrange manicoggi in a single layer in a 13x9" baking disg coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle mozzarella over manicotti;spread remaining sausage mixture evenly over mozzarella. Top sausage mixture with pasta sauce,spreading to cover. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake at 350 for 35 ,inutes or until bubbly.
