Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Stuffed Shells

Back from a wonderful trip to Disney and on to Christmas!! I always said that once AJ & I bought a house, the first Christmas would be at OUR HOUSE so my mom & dad are in town for the week. I'm nervous about helping with Christmas dinner but excited because I have a wonderful teacher. For Christmas Eve, we are going to have Stuffed Shells:



Ingredients
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
1 container (16 oz.) Fat Free Cottage Cheese
1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided
1 red pepper, chopped
1 egg white
1 env. GOOD SEASONS Italian Dressing Mix
20 jumbo macaroni shells (for stuffing), cooked, drained and cooled
1 jar (13-1/2 oz.) spaghetti sauce

Directions
HEAT oven to 400°F. Mix spinach, cottage cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella, peppers, egg white and dressing mix until well blended; spoon into shells, adding about 1 heaping Tbsp. to each shell.
SPREAD half of sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish. Arrange shells, filled-sides up, in baking dish; top with remaining sauce and mozzarella. Cover with foil.
BAKE 40 min. or until heated through, removing foil after 30 min.

I will report back with how it tastes!

EDITED: These were spectacular!! They are lowfat, hence the cottage cheese, so next time we make them we will use ricotta cheese.

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