This was a great base recipe that I just tried but will use much more. Here's what I did: I used 2 cups of cottage cheese (blended) instead of ricotta. I also grated fresh parmesan instead of the shake kind. I chopped up one bunch of fresh basil in place of dried (gives such fresh wow flavor). With the sauce I added 1 pound of ground beef. My husband always likes to have meat with his meals. The outcome was so yummy and it was very easy to make. Oh, another thing I did was stuff the manicotti noodles while they were uncooked, then I put about 1-2 cups of sauce in bottom of pan, placed the stuffed noodles on top and then poured the remaining sauce over noodles. I then baked in 400 degrees for about 45-1 hour(covered). You can poke the noodles with fork to check for doneness. The noodles absorb the sauce. Thanks for the easy, great recipe!

Reviewed On: Aug. 22, 2009

This was great. I did exactly what the recipe called for and served the sirloin and veges with steamed rice. Smooth flavor and defianately a crowd pleaser. Will use this again and again.

Reviewed On: May 20, 2009

This was absolutely great. I doubled the sauce because I used 2 lbs of pork tenderloin. I added fresh pineapple, green pepper and onion. I don't care for zucchini so I eliminated that. I also marinated the pork for 2 days in the refrigerator. I served the skewers with red beans and rice. We will have this many times in the future.

Reviewed On: May 20, 2009