Stuffed Pasta Shells
Make this special dish without all the hassle by using a store bough jar of marinara or some of your leftover frozen pasta sauce.
Ingredients
- ½ Lb. Ground Sausage cooked, drained
- ½ White Onion minced
- 2 Cloves Garlic minced
- 4 Cups Spinach
- 1 Teaspoon Butter
- 1 Egg
- 1 Box Pasta Shells cooked, cooled
- 2 Cups Low-fat Ricotta Cheese
- 2 Cups Marinara Sauce
- 2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella
- 1 Tablespoon Dry Italian Seasoning
Instructions
- In a frying pan, heat on high, add butter, once melted add the onion, cook for 2 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the fresh garlic, cook for 1 minute.
- Add the fresh spinach and cook until wilted, once cooked, remove and allow mixture to cool down.
- In a separate bowl add ricotta, cooked/cooled sausage, egg, and Italian seasoning mix together. Then fold in the spinach-onion mixture into the ricotta (make sure it’s cooled).
- Get your sheet pan out or whatever other vessels you will cook the shells in.
- Lay down a few spoons full of marinara sauce on the bottom to prevent shells from sticking.
- Take one of the cooked and cooled pasta shells; place 1 tablespoon of the mixture in the shell, fold it closed, and place open side down in the pan.
- Repeat until all shells or mixture is done.
- Layer some sauce on each shell and then sprinkle some shredded cheese and fresh parsley on top.
- Cook in the oven right away at 365 degrees F for 45 minutes or place in the fridge covered until your ready to cook.
- Plate and serve with a green salad
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