Instructions

1. Heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add olive oil and ground beef. Cook the ground beef until it begins to brown.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
3. Add diced onion, parsley, Italian seasoning, pepper, salt, & onion powder to hamburger and continue cooking until ground beef has cooked through.
4. Transfer cooked meat mixture to a mixing bowl. Add ricotta cheese and combine.
5. Add water to a large pot, season with salt. When water boils, add manicotti shells and cook for 6 minutes. You can work on this step as your ground beef cooks.
6. Drain manicotti shells and add to a sheet pan to cool down, enough to handle.
7. Add one cup of homemade or jar tomato sauce to the bottom of a baking dish.
8. Fill each shell with filling and place into the baking dish. When all of the stuffed manicotti shells have been added to the baking dish, cover with the remaining tomato sauce.
9. Place into preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes.
10. Garnish with freshly grated mozzarella or Parmesan Reggiano if desired.