Tuesday I slipped into the store just in time for buy 2 Ragu spaghetti sauce jars for $.99 each and get a free box of pasta.  It’s the perfect chance to show you one of the many fantastic recipes that comes in the Grocery Shrink Ebook. Did you know the book had recipes?  It has a step by step how to plan for saving money on your grocery bills, but also a collection of recipes to make cooking at home interesting again.

You can modify the filling in these tender pasta tubes however you like.  Cottage cheese, parmesean, basil and spinach would be yummy!  Or pizza toppings stuffed inside would be sure to please the kids.  Here’s how I made them:

Boil your manicotti noodles according to package directions.  Drain and rinse with cool water until cool enough to handle.  Meanwhile combine the manicotti filling ingredients listed below.

Manicotti filling:

1 lb ground beef, browned

1 cup shredded mozarella cheese

1 cup Italian style bread crumbs–(you can make your own with dry/toasted bread heels a blender and dry Italian seasoning)

1 Tablespoon worchestershire saucef–the secret ingredients that makes these the best!

1 teaspoon garlic powder

Stuff into cooked shells. 

Place stuffed shells in a greased 9 x 13 pan.

Top with a jar of spaghetti sauce and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. 

Sprinkle with parmesean cheese for good looks :).

It’s tasty with salad and green beans.