Reviewed: May 5, 2012

A bit of work but worth it!

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Timmons Family

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2012

This is a great recipe. I cooked the pasta for 6 minutes and then stuffed them, using a plastic bag to pipe the mix into the shells. No work at all! My husband has already asked me to make this again.

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marenlewis

Home Town: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2011

Used this one to make jumbo stuffed shells. I added a few more spices in the cheese mixture than were called for, and I also cooked 1 lb. of italian sausage to mix in - used half in the cheese, half in the sauce. OH MY! It was absolutely amazing. Thanks for a great basic recipe!

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LMEasterling

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2011

Love the cheese blend. Economical to use some Jack cheese and works great. I added a couple tablespoons Romano. Parmesan would work, too. I never par-boil pasta for lasagna, so I didn't for this manicotti either. With a bit of extra liquid (1/4 cup or so) in the baking dish, it cooks just fine. I used my own spaghetti sauce, so it wound up with meat in it. Next time I'll add some spinach to the cheese filling.

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family-cook

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Lufkin, Texas, USA

Living In: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011

This was SOOOO good! I was generous with the sour cream so it may have been more like 4Tbs. Also, I defrosted some frozen spinach and crumbled it over the shells before covering with sauce and cheese. YUM! Thank you Kelly!

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Katb38

Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2011

I've been making this recipe for years, however, I do not use bread crumbs or sour cream and add drained canned spinach. My family loves it. I agree a little spicing up of the marina sauce is pretty easy.

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Barbara

Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2011

HOT TIP -I use a "Jerky Shooter" with the "Jerky Sticks" tube to stuff the manicotti. Buy a Jerky Shooter at Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, Cabella's. You don't need an expensive one, they sell a smaller plastic model that works fine for this. You want the one that has a tube for "Jerky Sticks", it's smaller. And I stuff jalapenos with it to make Atomic Buffalo Turds, cook them on my smoker.

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peculiarmike

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Springfield, Missouri, USA

Living In: Peculiar, Missouri, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2011

I love this recipe! I don't boil the noodles though, I stuff them uncooked then use extra tomato sauce/juice to cook the whole dish. I have added cooked spinach and cooked italian sausage to the cheese mix...yummy! Super easy dish to make.

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SOAPSTER

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2011

It was good; not sure about the sour cream, just found a weird aftertaste. Not really sure why there was breadcrumbs in the mixture and lack of egg. The fact it was different made me want to try it, but think I will stick with the age old traditional cheeserecipe. Hubby seemed to like it though.

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