Sausage & Spinach Stuffed Shells

Nesting at its finest! I am in love with comfort food with this colder weather coming around, Brodilynn asked for lasagna & Andre LOVES pasta....so WINNER WINNER on this one! All 3 pasta dishes literally took me an hour to the table and freezer AND it was all under $30!! You cant beat this one <3 This meal is amazing for those people doing 21 Day Fix, Core De Force or any other color coded meal plan!! <--- and we ate the whole pan!! lol

Sausage & Spinach Stuffed Shells

I doubled this recipe and put into 3 - 9x9 baking dishes (one glass for supper tonight & 2 foil ones to freeze!)

Ingredients:

1 Package Large Shells (brown rice noodle variety is my favorite) <--- manicotti tubes would also work if you cant find big shells!
1 Lb Italian Sausage (remove from casings if you cant find ground sausage)
1 package (12 oz) frozen chopped spinach (thawed & squeezed)

1 cup Ricotta cheese

1/2 750g tub of Cottage Cheese

2 Eggs

1/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella

1 Tsp Garlic Powder

1 Tsp Italian seasoning

1 Jar Pasta Sauce (no sugar added - organic variety)

1/2 cup Shredded Cheese for topping (I used more mozzarella and a little parmesan)

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 400.

2. Cook the shells according to package directions, drain & let cool.

3. In a large pan, brown sausage. Remove from heat, cool & crumble.
4. In a large bowl, combine the spinach, ricotta, cottage cheese, eggs, mozzarella, garlic powder & spices. Add cooled sausage. Mix together.
5. Add a cup of pasta sauce to the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. (or 3 9x9 dishes if doubling recipe to freeze)

6. Fill your cooked shells with mixture and place filling side up in the baking pan.

7. Top with cheese

8. Cover & Bake for 45 minutes.

FOR FREEZING:

1. In foil dishes, complete to step 7. Cover with foil & label "350 degrees for 2 hours from frozen"

**Color Coded Portion Control Containers**
4 Shells = 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 red, 1 green