Manicotti

Serves 7

Oven 400°
1 lb. ground beef
1 15-oz. can tomato sauce
4 cups cottage cheese
4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon parsley
½ teaspoon pepper
3½ cups spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
1 package (14 pieces) manicotti, uncooked

Brown ground beef and add tomato sauce. Combine meat mixture with cottage, mozzarella and paremsan cheeses, eggs, salt, parsley and pepper. Set aside. In a saucepan, combine spaghetti sauce and water and heat through. Pour one cup of the sauce in the bottom of a glass 9" x 13" baking dish. Stuff the uncooked manicotti shells with the meat and cheese mixture and lay on top of sauce in baking dish. Pour remaining sauce over manicotti. Cover tightly with foil and bake at 400° for 50 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for 10 more minutes.