Baked Manicotti

This was homemade baked Manicotti.

I followed a recipe from Cook's Illustrated, but halving all ingredients. The recipe called for no-boil lasagna noodles. I couldn't find Barilla no-boil lasagna noodles, which the recipe preferred. So I bought a unknown brand box of no-boil lasagna, which was only a choice at the local grocery store and started cooking. Then I realized the size of lasagna pasta looked very different from the picture on the recipe! Isn't the size of lasagna pasta standardized?? My pasta was obviously very narrow and long. Could I roll cheese filling with that neatly? I have already made cheese filling, so didn't want to change the day's menu. Let's proceed.

Actually the pasta was ok. The final dish didn't look like a common long pillow-shaped Manicotti, but such a cosmetic issue could be overcome with the rich creamy cheesy filling and fresh homemade tomato sauce.