Sausage Stuffed Manicotti

• 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

1. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Coat pan with cooking spray.
4. Remove casings from sausage.
5. Add sausage to pan;cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.
6. Add onion and bell pepper to pan; saute 5 minutes or until tender.
7. Melt butter in a menium saucepan over medium heat.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Preheat oven to 350.
11. Spoon about 1/3 cup sausage mixture into each manicotti;
12. arrange manicoggi in a single layer in a 13x9" baking disg coated with cooking spray.
13. 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.

manicotti, cooking spray, sweet turkey italian sausage, onion, green bell pepper, butter, allpurpose flour, milk, black pepper, mozzarella cheese, tomatobasil, parmesan cheese

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/sausage-stuffed-manicotti-50030182 (may not work)