Skinny Sausage-Stuffed Shells

Name: Skinny Sausage-Stuffed Shells
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters finely shredded carrots (1 medium); 1 teaspoons dried basil leaves; 255 grams box frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain; 227 grams cups shredded reduced-fat Italian cheese blend; 454 grams lean Italian turkey sausage, casings removed; 24 jumbos pasta shells (from 12-oz box); 723 grams jar Muir organic Italian herb pasta sauce; 425 grams container light ricotta cheese

Skinny Sausage-Stuffed Shells might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 265 calories, 18g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have carrots, muir herb pasta sauce, spinach, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook and drain pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.

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Cooking Spray

Pasta

Salt

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Glass Baking Pan

Oven

In 10-inch nonstick skillet, crumble sausage. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until no longer pink; drain.

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Sausage

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Frying Pan

In medium bowl, stir ricotta cheese, 1 cup of the Italian cheese blend, the spinach and basil until well mixed. Stir in carrots and sausage.

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Italian Cheese

Ricotta Cheese

Carrot

Sausage

Spinach

Basil

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Bowl

Spread about 1/2 cup of the pasta sauce over bottom of baking dish. Spoon about 3 tablespoonfuls sausage mixture into each pasta shell. Arrange shells, filled sides up, on sauce in baking dish.

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Pasta Sauce