Colorful Stuffed Shells

I know I know, I said I would post this to my story hours ago, but so much went on today that I didn’t even have time to try out my new hamantaschen!

So the tomato jam filling went into the fridge for tomorrow. I had a crazy busy day and we went out with friends for dinner in the end, so I decided to post this here as tonight’s post, since so many people asked for the recipe! Kale chips are the perfect side to this heavy main dish!

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Colorful Pasta Shells

Course

Dairy, Dinner, Main Dish

Cuisine

American

Prep Time

30 Minutes

Cook Time

25-30 Minutes

Servings

People

Ingredients

• 1 box cherry tomatoes halved
• 1 bag pasta shells
• 1 onion diced
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 box mushrooms chopped
• 1 tsp fresh thyme
• 1 tbsp fresh sage chopped
• 1/2 bag fresh spinach
• 2 1/2 cups ricotta
• 1 cup mozzarella + more for sprinkling
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• cheddar cheese for sprinkling

Course Dairy, Dinner, Main Dish Cuisine American Prep Time 30 Minutes Cook Time 25-30 Minutes Servings People Ingredients 1 box cherry tomatoes halved 1 bag pasta shells 1 onion diced 4 cloves garlic minced 1 box mushrooms chopped 1 tsp fresh thyme 1 tbsp fresh sage chopped 1/2 bag fresh spinach 2 1/2 cups ricotta 1 cup mozzarella + more for sprinkling 1 tsp salt 1 tsp dried basil 1 tsp dried oregano 1/4 tsp black pepper 1 egg 1/2 cup tomato sauce cheddar cheese for sprinkling

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
2. Drizzle the tomatoes with olive oil, sea sat, freshly cracked black pepper and oregano on a baking sheet. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes, until blistered.
3. Lower the oven to 375 F.
4. Cook pasta shells according to package directions making sure to keep it al dente.
5. Heat up olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Sauté the onion and garlic until golden. Add in the mushrooms, thyme and sage. Sauté until the mushrooms have shrunken and everything is golden. Add in the spinach and sauté until wilted.
6. Allow it to cool and then place in a mixing bowl along with the ricotta cheese, mozzarella, salt, basil, oregano, pepper and some freshly cracked black pepper.
7. Taste and once your satisfied with the seasonings add in the egg and mix really well.
8. Pour a small layer of tomato sauce on the bottom of your baking dish.
9. Place the cheese mixture into a ziplock bag and snip off a corner. Add a cherry tomato piece into each shell and pipe in the cheese to fill in the shell.
10. Lay the filled shells in a single layer over the suace.
11. Top with mozzarella and cheddar and cover.
12. Bake covered for 20 minutes and another 15 minutes uncovered.