24 chicken and manicotti shells Recipes

shells manicotti (1 box) or 12 -14 cannelloni tubes (1 box), ricotta cheese (low-fat or part-skim), freshly grated parmesan cheese (divided 3/4 cup & 1/4 c), egg yolks, chopped fresh basil, lump crabmeat (optional) or 1/2 lb roasted & shredded cooked chicken (optional) or 1/2 lb chopped fresh spinach (optional), salt, fresh ground black pepper, tomato sauce (any jar sauce is fine, ricotta parmesan is my fave or use your favorite homemade basic .), butter or 4 tbsp margarine, all-purpose flour, milk (i use 1%), salt, fresh ground black pepper, nutmeg

pasta sauce, divided, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, shredded, parmesan cheese, grated, egg, beaten, italian seasoning (optional) or 1 tsp garlic powder (optional), cannelloni tubes, cooked (i always use fresh-made manicotti or cannelloni crepes shells), cooked chicken, shredded (optional)

manicotti shells, olive oil, vidalia onion, chopped, garlic, minced, rotisserie chicken, shredded, salt and freshly ground black pepper, roma tomatoes, seeded and diced, chopped cilantro leaves, sour cream, tomatillos, quartered, red onion, quartered, jalapeno, halved, garlic cloves, olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper, butter, all-purpose flour, heavy cream, room temperature, grated fontina cheese, grated nutmeg, salt