Cannelloni with Cheese Sauce

2 cups Marinara Sauce -- prepared as

-- directed 1/4 pound ground beef -- browned

1/4 pound Italian sausage --browned

1 onion -- chopped and saut�ed

6 large cannelloni

1 cup White Sauce -- prepared as

-- directed 6 ounces cheddar cheese -- grated

2 tablespoons parmesan cheese -- freshly grated

1 freezer bag -- gallon

To make filling, combine browned beef, browned sausage, saut�ed onion and Marina ra Sauce. Cook cannelloni as directed, but cook for only 3/4 recommended time; rinse and drain. Fill cannelloni with filling mixture and pack firmly into grea sed baking dish. To make cheese sauce, warm white sauce until nearly boiling; a dd grated cheddar cheese and stir until melted. Pour over cannelloni, coating p asta generously. Cool. To freeze: cover baking dish with aluminum foil; place i n freezer bag. Label and freeze. To prepare: uncover and bake frozen casserole in 400-degree oven for 1 hour, or un til hot and bubbling. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese, return to oven for 5 minut es to brown top.

Serving Ideas : Green Salad, Fresh French Bread

NOTES : If making Macaroni and Cheese with Ham in the same cooking session, mak e cheese sauce only once, dividing to top Cannelloni and to make Macaroni and C heese.

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