Pasta Recipe − Veggie-Stuffed Pasta Shells

Jumbo pasta shells are filled with a shredded veggie and cheese mixture, then heated in a skillet with lots of traditional pasta sauce.

Ingredients

• 12 dry jumbo shell macaroni
• 1 ¼ cups shredded carrots
• 1 ¼ cups shredded zucchini
• ⅓ cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 ½ cups baby spinach or arugula
• ¾ cup ricotta cheese
• 1 ¼ cups shredded Italian blend cheese
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 (23 ounce) jar RAGÚ® Homestyle Thick and Hearty Traditional Sauce

Cooking Directions

1. In a large saucepan cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Rinse pasta with cold water; drain again.
2. Meanwhile, in a 12-inch skillet cook carrots, zucchini, and onion in hot oil over medium-high heat 3 to 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in spinach; cook and stir 1 minute. Transfer vegetable mixture to a large bowl.
3. Stir ricotta cheese, 3/4 cup of the Italian-blend cheese, and salt into vegetable mixture. Spoon a rounded 2 Tbsp. filling into each pasta shell. Pour RAGÚ® Homestyle Thick and Hearty Traditional Sauce into skillet; place filled shells on sauce. Heat shells and sauce, covered, over medium heat 10 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.

Nutrition Facts

• calories473.8
• carbohydrateContent51.3 g
• cholesterolContent41 mg
• fatContent20.3 g
• fiberContent6.6 g
• proteinContent22 g
• saturatedFatContent9.6 g
• sodiumContent1086.5 mg
• sugarContent3.8 g