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

Method

  • 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.