Ingredients you will need:
Box of large shell pasta
2lbs ground beef or ground turkey
Spaghetti sauce seasoning packet
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 cups cottage cheese
1tbsp dry Italian seasoning
13x9 baking dish
Cook pasta according to the box instructions... Usually 10-12 minutes
While pasta is cooking ....
Brown ground beef (or turkey) in a skillet
And drain off all grease when meat is cooked all of the way through.
To the ground beef add spaghetti seasoning packet and jar of spaghetti sauce.
While spaghetti sauce is simmering on the stove... In a bowl mix together shredded cheese and cottage cheese and Italian seasoning.
Drain pasta and rinse with cool water... This helps with handling the noodles.
In the baking dish put enough sauce in the bottom to make a bed or the shells to lay in.
In each shell put a tablespoon of meat sauce and tablespoon of the cheese mixture. Lay the stuffed shells in the baking dish. Once all of the shells are stuffed and in the baking dish top them with the remaining sauce and a handful of shredded mozzarella cheese.
Bake at 350 for 25 mins and enjoy!
Easy prep and the kids will love to help stuff the shells:).
