Recipe: Delicious Jumbo stuffed shells with ground beef & spinach!

Jumbo stuffed shells with ground beef & spinach!. Brown ground beef with minced garlic, bell pepper, and onion. In a large skillet, simmer sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar and spaghetti seasonings. Jumbo pasta shells are stuffed full with cheesy seasoned ground beef and topped with a super tasty quick-and-easy sauce in this family-favorite comfort food dish.

Add a green salad and breadsticks for a made-in-moments meal. Cook pasta shells according to package directions to al dente; drain and rinse in cold water. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. You can have Jumbo stuffed shells with ground beef & spinach! using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Jumbo stuffed shells with ground beef & spinach!

1. You need 1 cup of chopped onion.
2. Prepare 1/2 of chopped garlic.
3. You need 1 cup of chopped green pepper.
4. You need 1 of bag of FROZEN spinach.
5. Prepare 1 lb of ground beef.
6. It's 1 box of jumbo or regular sized shells.
7. It's pinch of of salt.
8. Prepare 1 can of tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce.
9. Prepare 1 can of crushed tomatoes.
10. You need 1 of 1/2 bags of mozzarella cheese/ cheddar.
11. Prepare 10 oz of cream cheese.
12. Prepare 1 of eggs.

I just love the way all of the ingredients fill up inside the shells, so every bite is a dream! These meat and cheese stuffed pasta shells are the perfect Italian meal for any night of the week! Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Cool in single layer on foil or wax paper.

Jumbo stuffed shells with ground beef & spinach! step by step

1. Put ground beef on stove medium heat make sure its good and brown. Then drain grease..
2. While cooking meat chop the onions, green peppers, and garlic..
3. Preheat oven to 350.
4. Boil jumbo shells in medium heat untill shells are tender..
5. add frozen spinach in pan cook on medium for about 3 mins. Now get the cream cheese and put in microwave till soft. (Easier to stir).
6. Big mixing bowl add meat then egg then mix. Add cream cheese, onions, green peppers, garlic, half a bag of mozzarella cheese then mix. Then add spinach and mix..
7. Get pans add some tomato sauce to the pans.(not all of it).
8. Get the cooked shells and stuff them with the meat. And place in pan..
9. Now use the Crushed tomatoe sauce and pour over the stuffed shells. Then use the remaining tomatoe or the spaghetti sauce..
10. Now sprinkle the rest of the mozzarella cheese over the shells..
11. Get foil and cover pan and put in oven..
12. Cook for 30 mins so the cheese is good and melted. Cheesy rice broccoli or plain broccoli is a good side!.
13. Update* i did use this meat for another recipe so if you have some left over :D https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/349435-healthy-meatspinach-spaghetti.

Meanwhile, in large skillet, brown meat; drain. Spoon heaping tablespoon mixture into each shell. Arrange stuffed shells over sauce in baking dish. Pour remaining sauce over top, covering shells completely. This Italian-inspired dish includes Jumbo Shells pasta, which have been stuffed with a variety of ingredients and baked with sauce and cheese in a casserole dish.

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