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Monday, February 27, 2012

Recipe Monday - Fancy but Easy Stuffed Shells





I halved this recipe and it served four adults and three toddlers.

1 box of jumbo shells...cooked to package directions 
32 ounces of ricotta cheese 
3 cups mozzerella cheese 
1\2 cup of parm.cheese 
2 eggs 
1/2 tbs.onion powder 
3cloves of garlic chopped 
1 tsp. of pepper 
1 teaspoon of seasoning salt 
1 box of chopped frozen spinach..thawed and sqeezed dry 
2 tbsp. of sundried tomatoes (the ones in the oil)drained and chopped 
2 cans of tomato sauce...whatever is your favorite. 
2 pounds of ground beef 
1 large onion chopped 
2 tbsp. of brown sugar 

*brown ground beef with your onion until there is no pink

*preheat oven to 350'F

*while thats cooking, mix your ricotta cheese in a big bowl with *1 1/2 cups mozzerella, parm.cheese, 2 eggs,onion powder, garlic, pepper, seas-salt, spinach (I used fresh spinach and steamed it), and sunndried tomatoes...



*add the spaghetti sauce

*add the brown sugar

*and simmer for the time you are stuffing your shells

*stuff your shells with about 2 or 3 tbsp.of cheese mixture or to your desired amount



*in 9x13 dish add about one inch of spag.sauce

*place the shells in the bottom of the dish and cover good with sauce and remaining mozzerella cheese

*cover with foil and cook in 350' oven for 30 to 45 min







1 comment:

  1. I love ANY KIND of stuffed shell. Stuff ALL THE SHELLS. I make a freaking awesome taco-stuffed shell. Mmmm.

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