"healthified" sausage stuffed shells

How To Make "healthified" sausage stuffed shells

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 13" x 9" (3 qt) baking dish with cooking spray. Cook & drain pasta as directed on package, omiting salt.
• 2

  In 10" nonstick skillet, crumble sausage. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until no longer pink, drain.
• 3

  In medium bowl, stir ricotta cheese, 1 C of the italain blend cheese, the spinach & basil until well mixed. Stir in carrots & sausage. NOTE: How to drain the spinach...take the thawed (originally frozen) spinach into a clean dish towel. Wrap up all ends & squeeze until almost all juice is out. Don't forget to wash the dish towel - LOL!
• 4

  Spread about 1/2 C of the pasta sauce overn bottom of baking dish. Spoon about 3 tbsp-fulls sausage mixture into each pasta shell. Arrange shells, filled side up, on sauce in baking dish. Pour remaining pasta sauce over stuffed shells. Spray 15" piece of aluminum foil with cooking spray; cover shells with foil.
• 5

  Bake 40 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining 1 C italain blend cheese. Bake uncovered 5 - 10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
• 6

  HIGH ALTITUDE (3500-6500): Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
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