Sausage-Stuffed Manicotti

Ingredients

• 0.1 teaspoon pepper black
• 2 tablespoons butter 
• 2 cups milk fat-free
• 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 cup bell pepper green chopped
• 1 pound turkey sausage sweet italian
• 10  manicotti shells uncooked
• 1.5 cups onion chopped
• 1 ounce parmesan cheese fresh grated
• 6 ounces part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded
• 2 cups tomato-basil pasta sauce (such as Newman's Own)

Equipment

• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• baking pan

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.
3. Remove casings from sausage.
4. Add sausage to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.
5. Add onion and bell pepper to pan; saut 5 minutes or until tender.
6. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk.
7. Remove from heat; gradually 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.
8. Remove from heat; stir in black pepper.
9. Add 1/2 cup milk mixture to sausage mixture; stir well.
10. Preheat oven to 35
11. Spoon about 1/3 cup sausage mixture into each manicotti; arrange manicotti in a single layer in a 13 x 9inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
12. Sprinkle mozzarella over manicotti; spread remaining milk mixture evenly over mozzarella. Top milk mixture with pasta sauce, spreading to cover.
13. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
14. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until bubbly.