Slow Cooker Two Meat Manicotti Recipes

Steps:

• Heat dressing in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and kale; cook, stirring constantly, 5 min. or until mushrooms are tender. Drain.
• Mix egg, Neufchatel and ricotta in medium bowl until blended. Add dry seasonings, and 1/4 cup each mozzarella and Parmesan; mix well. Stir in mushroom mixture. Spoon into resealable plastic bag.
• Cut large piece off one bottom corner of bag; squeeze Neufchatel mixture into both ends of each manicotti shell.
• Spread 1/2 cup pasta sauce onto bottom of 6-qt. slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray; cover with 7 manicotti. Top with 1/2 cup of the remaining pasta sauce and 1/4 cup of the remaining mozzarella. Cover with layers of remaining manicotti, pasta sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan, then cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 4 to 6 hrs. (or on HIGH 2 to 3 hrs.).

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix chicken, ricotta cheese, garlic salt and red pepper flakes; stir in 1/4 cup of the basil. Spoon into quart-sized resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut 3/4 inch tip off bag. Pipe filling into manicotti shells.
• Spray 5-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix pasta sauce and water. Spread about one-third of the sauce mixture in slow cooker. Place 7 of the filled manicotti shells in pasta sauce. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Spoon another one-third of the sauce mixture over shells. Top with remaining 7 filled manicotti shells; sprinkle with remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Top with remaining one-third of sauce mixture.
• Cover; cook 2 to 3 hours on High heat setting or until shells are tender. Serve with remaining 1/4 cup basil.