• Raising Boys

  • In The Kitchen

  • Family Travels

Stuffed Shells Recipe

Have tomato sauce, pasta shells, and cheese lying around? How about making a delicious stuffed paste recipe?
A favorite recipe for delicious Stuffed Shells:

32 jumbo pasta shells
2 cups ricotta cheese
2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tsps dried basil
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 1/2 cups spaghetti sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, the place pasta shells in. Cook until noodles are just tender; drain well.

Squeeze spinach dry. Combine spinach, ricotta, 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, basil and garlic in a large mixing bowl, season with salt and pepper and mix well.

Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce evenly over the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish.
Fill each pasta shell with the spinach cheese mixture. Arrange the shells, filling side up in the baking dish. Spoon remaining marinara sauce over the shells. Sprinkle remaining Parmesan cheese on top of the shells.

Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil and bake in preheated oven until heated through; about 30 minutes.

Tastes very good with garlic bread!




  • Tracy

    Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe. 🙂

  • KinaBolina

    Mmmm, yummy! I love anything with ricotta cheese in it. 🙂

  • KinaBolina

    You have a blog award waiting for you! Go to my blog for directions.

  • Penelope

    Kina, thank you! I feel very honored…and I love ricotta too.

  • Missy

    I tried your recipe, it’s delicious!

  • Jenna

    Looks so good…definitely going to try it!
    I just came across your blog and love it…will visit back again soon.

    Jenna
    http://www.momsbalancingact.com

  • Kritta22

    Umm…YUMMY!!!
    Thanks for sharing!

  • dreeg

    This looks so good. Thank you for sharing it.