good, but not as good as the last dish

In a mood to bump off some ingredients that lurked in the fridge, I assembled a country cousin of manicotti pomodori e gambero. Here were the major players:

cottage cheese
shrimp
a finely chopped onion, sauteed
finely chopped bacon, three strips

stuffed into jumbo shells and manicotti

topped with halved grape tomatoes, cream sauce (which, if I do say so myself, I make damn well) and finely grated Parmesan.

The previous dish was cleverer by half (at least), mostly because of the spaghetti squash, which is a much more interesting filling than cottage cheese.

But it was still tasty...