Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
8 oz cottage cheese
8 oz ricotta cheese
1 package frozen chopped spinach (thawed)
8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese (save about 1/4 cup for the top)
1 egg - beaten
Large shells (I made a whole box but only went through about half...depends on how much you want to stuff in them I guess.)
1. Brown meat and cool. Then add cottage cheese, ricotta, mozzarella and egg.
2. Drain spinach, get as much moisture out as you can. (I rolled it up in a bunch of paper towels and squeezed the water out.) Then pull it apart into small pieces. Add to the rest of the ingredients.
5. Bake at 350 for about 35-40 minutes. Sprinkle the rest of the shredded mozzarella on top for the last 5 minutes of baking.
That's it...easy peasy I tell you! I wish I had a finished product picture to share (so much prettier with the melted cheese, yum!) but I always forget that part or people just eat it right away before I can get any. And that my friends is why I would never make it as a food blog! :)
It wasn't my favorite Italian dish but it was pretty good, I will for sure make them again. Although next time I am going to try ground chicken or turkey, or maybe even cut up chicken breast. Also, the thought of spinach kind of makes me gag, but this was good and a good way to get healthy stuff in your diet....so just don't let that scare you away. :)
Also...sorry about the Christmas decor. I promise one of these days I will get it changed, but right now I'm just too lazy. :) Have a great weekend!
17 comments:
Oh my WORD they look yummy.
Those look great. I just buy mine from Schwans...but maybe I should try your little recipe. Actress would love to help make them for sure.
YUM! I thought you said you couldn't/didn't cook?! Liar :) These look amazing! I'll definitely make them--though not for A--he doesn't "do" cheese. It's tough trying to cook around a kid who doesn't "do" cheese! anyway, thank you for sharing :)
I LOVE this recipe. I make something similar, except I use chicken and top with a alfredo sauce (half 2% milk/ half chicken broth). So very yummy. I had forgotten about it though. Thanks for the reminder. :)
Okay those look awesome. If it wasn't almost midnight I would be in the kitchen right now. :)
Those look so good!! Thanks for sharing.
omg...they look super yummy i am def. gonna make them!! thanks for the recipe!!
Stuffed shells with spinach are definitely at the top of my favorite list!! Soooooo good!
Those look great!
I usually make them with ground chicken or no meat at all and they are just as yummy! I find ground chicken easier than chopped chicken breast!
I use almost this exact recipe but I usually use italian sausage instead of ground beef. Yum. This post made me hungry. And I loved seeing the Christmas decor. I would be so tempted to use the polka dot border for longer...it is adorable and so cheerful. I came to visit you from Jen's blog, BTW.
Love the stuffed shells...so yummy. I haven't made those in a while.
By the way, the song playing is "Over the Rainbow" by Iz. I LOVE this song!!!
I'm so glad you posted this recipe! I love stuffed shells and I havnt had them in FOREVER! I'm going to make these this coming week!
Ummmm, sounds and looks delish! Gonna have to give these a try very soon :)
I love that these have spinach in them! It's a great way to squeeze in some healthy goodness and the kids won't freak out about it!
Can't wait to try them...
ok, i don't even like spinach, but those look really good! i'm so super jealous of your skills in the kitchen. i have none. and don't worry about the christmas decor, it's still lovely! and lazy is lovely, too.
Those look great! My husband is going to be away for a couple weeks for work so maybe when he gets home I can surprise him with these. He would be impressed : )
yum these sounds great.... Ive made stuffed shells before but never put spinach in them... Ill have to try that next time :)
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