Title: Mexican-Style Manicotti
Categories: None
Yield: 4 Servings

4 Manicotti shells (i use 6)
1/2 lb Lean ground beef (i have
-substituted ground turkey)
3/4 c Refried beans
1/4 c Sliced green onions
1/2 ts Ground cumin
12 oz Can whole kernel corn with
-sweet peppers, drained
1 cn (10 1/2 oz) enchilada sauce
-(I use salsa because I
-don't like enchilada sauce)
1/2 c Sour cream
1/4 c Sliced green onions
1/4 c Chopped pitted ripe olives
1/4 c Chopped tomato

Cook manicotti shells on the rangetop according to package directions.
Drain. Brown ground beef in a skillet (or in microwave). Drain off fat.
Stir in refried beans, first 1/4 cup green onions and cumin. Spoon meat
mixture into cooked maincotti shells. Arrange stuffed shells in a 2 qt.
microwave safe baking dish. pour corn and enchilada sauce over shells.
Cover with microwave-safe plastic wrap; turnbackone corner to vent. Cook
the shells on high for 8-10 minutes or until the mixture is heated through,
giving the dish a half-turn once. Spoon sour cream over casserole. Sprinkle
with remainder of green onions, olives and chopped tomato.

**I often have a problem spooning the mixture into the manicotti shells.
So, I split the shell first and lay flat; stuff with mixture and reform
into a tube and lay in dish with split side down.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 10 November 96

Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 13:21:24 -0500

From: Amy Smalley