Beef And Cheese Manicotti

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 (8 ounce) box manicotti
• 1 (26 ounce) jar marinara sauce
• 3 slices bread, for bread crumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 small onion, chopped (optional)
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• black olives (optional)

Recipe

• 1 boil manicotti shells and let cool slightly. i rinse them after cooking so they don't stick together quite as bad.
• 2 pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 3 brown the ground beef with the onion and drain.
• 4 combine egg, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, bread crumbs, olives, mushrooms and meat in a large bowl.
• 5 stuff the shells with the meat mixture and line them up in a baking dish.
• 6 pour marinara sauce over the stuffed shells and cover with the remaining cheese.
• 7 cover with foil and cook for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.
• 8 if you like your cheese browned, remove the foil for the last 10 minutes or so.