Ricotta & Spinach Stuffed Shells

” Life is A Combination of Magic & Pasta “

– Federico Fellini

Despite Living in the South, Italian Food is One of My Guilty Pleasures. I Mean Come on, Who Doesnt Love A Good Pasta Dish! Pintrest Always Seems to Be My Go to When Trying to Find a Good Dish to Make. When I Came Across This Stuffed Shells Recipe I Just Knew I Had to Try it. Believe it or Not Neither Me or My Roommate Had Actually Eaten Stuffed Shells So I Was Determined to Perfect it. I Researched Several Different ideas & Put Them All Together, I Definitely Was NOT Disappointed in The End Result.

List of ingredients:

• 1 Box Stuffed Shells Pasta
• 1 Pound Ground Meat of Choice
• 1 Bag Spinach
• 1 Green Bell Pepper
• 1 Yellow Onion
• 1 Can Diced Tomatoes
• 1 Can Tomato Sauce
• 1 Can Tomato Paste
• 1-2 Eggs
• 1 16 Oz Ricotta Cheese
• 1 Bag Mozzarella Cheese
• 1 Bag Parmesan Cheese

Looking At The ingredients its Almost Exactly What I Use To Make My Spaghetti but Put Together Differently. In My ingredients it Says to Use The Ground Meat of Your Choice, I Used Ground Turkey Meat. While My Noodles Were Boiling in A Big Pot, I Started Scrambling My Meat & Chopping Up My Veggies. Once My Meat Was Nice & Brown, I Incorporated My Vegetables and Let Them Cook Until They Were Nice & Soft. After My Pasta Shells Were Nice and Al Dente I Set Them Off to The Side & Started On My Sauce. In A Large Pot, I Mixed My Meat, Veggies, & All My Tomato Products. For My Seasonings, I Used Creole Seasoning, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Oregano, 2 Bay Leaves , & 2 Spoonfuls of Sugar to Cut The Acidity. I Let That Simmer So The Flavors Could All Come Together & Started Working on My Ricotta Filling. In A Large Bowl, I Emptied A Whole Container of Ricotta Cheese and A Whole Bag of Parmesan Cheese. Like Lasagna, I Cracked An Egg & Added Some Seasoning and Mixed Everything Until it Was A Nice Creamy Mixture. After Everything Was Finished, I Took A Ladle Full of My Tomato Sauce Mix & Covered the Bottom of A Casserole Dish. I Came Up With the Creative idea To Layer The Shells So I Opened Up A Shell & Added A Spoonful of Sauce, A Dollip Of Ricotta Cheese Mix, & Another Spoonful of Tomato Sauce. One All Shells Were Stuffed I Covered Them in What Was Left of Tomato Sauce & Sprinkled Cheese on Top. I Covered With Foil and Let Them Bake at 350 Degree for 20-30 Mins.

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