I am a creature of habit; it makes my life easier! I can eat the same thing nearly ever day, and I am not bothered by it. My treat meal once a week spices it up a bit! :) My husband on the other hand won't really touch a leftover and gets bored very easily, so every once in a while I try a new recipe.
I was looking to make stuffed shells;however, couldn't find any whole wheat jumbo pasta shells. Anyone know where I can get some?! I was simply ( I like simple, remember?!) going to mix the sausage mixture with the whole wheat noodles we always have; but, I noticed I still had some whole wheat lasagna noodles, so I gave that a shot. Try it with pasta, lasagna noodles, or stuffed shells, whatever works for you!!
INGREDIENTS:
*Pasta product-probably about 16 jumbo shells, 9 lasagna noodles
*1 lb. of chicken sausage-so yummy!
*1 Tbsp. of of minced garlic
*14 oz. can of diced tomatoes
*1 cup of frozen spinach-thawed and drained- or fresh
*1 cup of cheese( I used shredded cheeses because I dislike ricotta).
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook shells or lasagna noodles as instructed. Place shells in a bowl of ice cold water to prevent sticking. If using lasagna noodles, place them on a piece of tinfoil. This is so they don't stick together as well as is a good surface to spoon sausage mixture into them without a mess on your countertop. If cooking just regular rotini noodles, I would wait to cook these until later in the process so they are still warm when serving.
3. Remove sausage from casing and place in a large skillet. Cook at medium temperature until browned.
4. Thaw spinach in microwave if necessary and squeeze ALL the water out.
5. Add the garlic, mixing it for a brief time-1 minute or so-don't allow it to brown
6. Add the diced tomatoes (juice and all) & spinach, mixing it for a few minutes.
7. Turn off stove top and add the cheese. Mix until completely melted.
8. Scoop sausage mixture into shells or lasagna noodles. If eating with regular rotini noodles, put noodles in bowl, add mixture, and enjoy!
9. SHELLS & LASAGNA- place in oven safe dish and heat for 25 minutes.
This goes REALLY nicely with a salad. I was only able to enjoy ONE. I eat my veggies first to fill me up. :)
My fellow FIXERS: I would count 2 of these lasagna rolls as 2 yellow containers, 1-2 reds (depends on how stuffed your lasagna rolls are :), and a blue. Mine were fully loaded, so it was likely 1 container for my 1 roll.
Happy Eating!
XoXo
