Showing posts with label pasta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pasta. Show all posts

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Stuffed Pasta Shells

 Stuffed Pasta Shells

  Serves 4

  1 jar (14 oz.) low-sodium spaghetti sauce
  4 tbls. chopped fresh basil or parsley, divided
  12 jumbo pasta shells
  1 c. part-skim ricotta cheese
  1/4 c shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  2 egg whites, lightly beaten
  1/3 c. chopped green onion
  1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small saucepan, combine the
  spaghetti sauce and 2 tbsp. of basil. Spread 1/2 c. of sauce mixture
  over bottom of a shallow baking dish. Set remaining sauce aside.

  2. Cook past according to package directions just until tender. Do not
  add salt to cooking water. drain thoroughly in a colander.

  3. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta, mozzarella, egg whits, green
  onion, and remaining basil. Mix well. Spoon about 2 tbsp. of filling into
  each shell.

  4. Place shells in prepared dish. Cover dish with foil and bake for 25 min.
  While the shells are baking, heat remaining sauce mixture over medium
  heat until heated through. Spoon sauce over the cooked shells. Sprinkle
  with Parmesan and serve.

  I fried up some ground Italian sausage and added to the sauce and grated
  some extra mozzarella cheese and put on the top an returned to the
  oven till it was melted.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Macaroni & Cheese

Macaroni & Cheese Bake


  1 pkg. (8 oz.) elbow macaroni
  1 lb. cream style cottage cheese-low fat
  3/4 c. sour cream
  1 egg-slightly beaten
  1/8 tsp. pepper
  2 tsp. grated onion
  1 pkg. (8oz.) sharp cheddar cheese grated

  Cook macaroni following pkg. directions, drain. In a separate bowl
  combine cottage cheese, sour cream, egg, pepper, onion and cheese
  in a large bowl. Mix lightly until blended. Fold in macaroni. Spoon
  into 9x9x2 or 9x13 baking dish (may want to pam it first). Bake at
   350 for 1 hour or until bubbly. This recipe I got from my sister-in-law.