Stuffed Shells

These shells are so flavorful and filling. They're easy to make, but look impressive. My sister-in-law, Mary, made these for me years ago, and I have been making them ever since. She doesn't like recipes with a lot of ingredients, and this one only has six. (Hoping to get her on here soon!)

This is a versatile recipe, so feel free to add or subtract the amount of ingredients, according to how much you like them. I like to add extra ricotta, my kids like extra mozzarella, and my hubby likes extra tomato sauce. I'm a big fan of hidden veggies because my kids are really picky. Even though you can see the spinach in these, I still consider them hidden because the flavor of the sausage covers up the flavor of the spinach really well. If you can get your kids to try it, there's a great chance they'll like it!

Ingredients:

• 1 box Jumbo shells
• Jimmy Dean ground breakfast sausage - 1 hot, 1 mild (or both mild and add red pepper flakes)
• 4-6 oz ricotta cheese
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 16 oz tomato sauce
• 1 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

Directions:

1. Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add jumbo shells and cook according to the directions on the box.
2. Brown the sausage in a skillet (add red pepper flakes if desired), drain grease. I like to pat dry with paper towels too, to help get as much of the grease off as possible.
3. In a medium bowl, mix spinach and ricotta together, then mix in sausage.
4. Preheat oven to 250.
5. Pour tomato sauce in a baking dish, only enough to coat the bottom.
6. Spoon sausage mixture into shells, one by one, and place in the baking dish.
7. Pour remaining tomato sauce on top of shells.
8. Sprinkle with mozzarella
9. Heat in oven for 10-15 minutes, until sausage is warm and cheese is melted.

Serve with bread, salad, corn, or anything else that sounds good to you!