Brown a pound of ground beef or Italian sausage

Pour a 24oz jar of your favorite pasta sauce into the meat

Add the seasonings and stir

Cover with a lid and let simmer on low heat

Add the Ricotta, cottage cheese, shredded Parmesan, and 1 cup mozzarella cheesed into a medium sized bowl- stir together until well blended

Spoon the cheese into a large resealable plastic bag such as a Ziplock, close the end, being sure to remove the air and snip off one corner so you can pipe the cheese into the shells

Spoon a small layer of your meat sauce mixture into the bottom of your Crockpot to completely cover the bottom

Open 1 8oz package of Manicotti shells

Pipe the cheese into each shell

Place 7 stuffed shells into the Crockpot on top of the meat layer

Spoon more the meat sauce over the shells

Add one more layer of the stuffed Manicotti shells and top it with the remaining meat sauce

Cover and let cook on low for 4 hours or 2 hours on high

When there is 20 minutes left of cook time, sprinkle the remaining shredded mozzarella on top