Who likes stuffed shells? I do! I love how there are many different variations and this is one of my favorites. I love that it includes spinach so you have a vegetable but you don’t really notice a taste change. I also changed mine from the initial recipe found on My Recipes and added ground beef because Tyler likes meat in his meals.
Ingredients:
-2 cups Marinara sauce
-Cooking spray
-2 1/2 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
-1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
-1/2 tsp dried oregano
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
-1 (10 oz) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained and squeezed dry
-1 large egg yolk
-1 garlic clove, minced
-24 cooked jumbo shells
-1/2 ground beef
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Cook pasta shells and drain
3. Cook ground beef and mix with the 2 cups of marinara sauce
4. Spread 1/2 cup meat sauce over bottom of a 13×9 baking dish coated with cooking spray
5. Combine ricotta and all ingredients through garlic into a large bowl, stirring well
6. Spoon about 1 1/2 tablespoons filling into each pasta shell
7. Arrange stuffed shells in prepared dish
8. Pour remaining sauce onto shells
9. Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes
10. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving
This meal is delicious. As you know I like anything pasta and it’s always nice to have a meal where you can add in some delicious filling and a vegetable. So it’s a win/win right? Do you have any other recipes for stuffed shells?
Yum! Love stuffed shells. Note to Self: add this to my menu for the week. Thanks for sharing! Stop by my Friday’s Five Features and link up this post (and others)! http://diy-vintage-chic.blogspot.com
I’ve never made stuffed shells but they look great, and I LOVE spinach and ricotta so I’m going to have to try these… best part is I’m thinking that as you said you added meat, it won’t be an issue if I occasionally forget to put it in 😉 as I like to eat vegetarian at least once a week.
Yes the meat was my own addition so it could easily be forgotten 🙂
These look great! I bet my kids would love them. New follower from Conference Calls to Meat Balls.
Thank you for following! These are delicious. I hope y’all enjoy them!
That looks amazing! I love pasta!
Me too!! It is delicious!
I LOVE shells. These look DELISH! Thanks for sharing!
These are so delicious! I hope you enjoy them!
One of our favorite go to meals! Great pictures! Thank you so much for linking up at Thank You Honey’s Whatever Wednesday party!!
Sarah
http://thankyouhoneyblog.com
I am totally drooling over these!! Just pinned them and will be sharing on Facebook as one of this weeks Features at Freedom Fridays!!!
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Thanks so much for sharing at Freedom Fridays Blog Hop!
Thank you Evelyn! I hope you enjoy these! Thank you so much for featuring them 🙂
Emily
This is very similar to the stuffed shell recipe that I make. I like adding in spicy Italian sausage! I’ll be adding this to my Pasta board on Pinterest.
Maggie
http://blog.thelovenerds.com
Thank you for pinning them and coming by!
Emily
These look scrumptious.
They really are 🙂 Thank you for coming by!
Emily
This looks so delicious! Going over to pin it now! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you 🙂 They really are delicious!
Emily
These are my favorite type of stuffed shell. I like to make a big batch and freeze some for later since it’s not that much more work. Stopping by from Daily Blog Boost 🙂
That’s a smart idea to freeze them for later! Thank you for coming by!
Emily
I just pinned the recipe! It looks delicious! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank you Teresa! It is delicious!
Emily