My Italian mother-in-law taught me her family recipe for the most incredible manicotti anyone has ever had in the history of manicotti. Seriously. The filling is quite easy to whip together and is so light and airy. Since making the homemade manicotti is tedious, I opted for a perfect substitute to satisfy our cravings: LASAGNE! This is a real crowd pleaser in our house and a great way to use Nonna’s manicotti filling recipe. Feel free to use any lasagne noodle you would like; no-boil or boil work just fine. No boil noodles take less effort but the cooking time tends to be little longer. I will give notes for each in the recipe. A very important note about tomatoes: make sure you use a brand that does not contain citric acid!! Trust me, you can tell the difference in a sauce made with citric acid and sauce without. Some Cento products have no citric acid but be sure to read the labels. I use boxed Pomi tomatoes when I run out of the tomatoes that I canned from the summer garden. Pomi is hands down my favorite store bought. The great thing about this recipe is that you can […]