Cheap & Easy Stuffed Shells

Who likes cheap & easy food? Yea, me too. This recipe is super easy although a tad bit time consuming so if you're a working woman I'd probably do this one on the weekends. The cheap part also is kind of on you. The way I'm about to list it comes up to roughly $10/meal so around $2.50 per serving. If you substitute ground beef or a less lean ground turkey and/or leave out mushrooms or one of the cheeses you can probably get it closer to around $7/meal. I like it just the way it is. You could probably also make it less time consuming by just boiling some penne, tossing everything together and melting the cheese on top. Hope you enjoy and as always, pin away!
***This is also super easy to make TWO and freeze one for later as all ingredients are half the containers.***

Stuffed Shells

16 Giant Pasta Shells (cooked)

1lb lean ground turkey (browned with 1/2 tbsp each basic, oregano, onion flakes)

1c cottage cheese

1c ricotta cheese

half jar of mushrooms (chopped)

12oz pasta sauce

1c shredded mozzarella 

Mix turkey, cottage cheese, ricotta & mushrooms in a bowl.
Fill cooked shells with mixture. It ends up being about 1tbsp for each shell.

Cover with pasta sauce and bake @ 350 for around 25 min.
Add 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese and broil until melty & brown. (about 5-10min)


Serve with garlic bread and a side salad!

 

 

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Welcome...I hope you're hungry!

So, rather than some post boring you to death with what I'm going to talk about I've decided to open with a yummy recipe. Isn't that what we ladies like to look up when we're browsing the interwebs anyway?

I made red beans & rice for lunch yesterday. Upon posting a pic on my facebook page I was immediately asked for the recipe because it looked absolutely irresistible. ;)
Without further ado, this is my red beans & rice recipe.

2 cups kidney or cranberry beans
6 cups water
salt & pepper to taste
1tbsp minced garlic
1tbsp parsley flakes
1 med onion, chopped
1 large green pepper, chopped
1pkg andouille sausage, sliced

Bring the beans to a boil for about an hour with just salt & pepper. Then add the rest of the ingredients & simmer for about 3 more hours.
Use either the back of a spoon or a potato masher to smoosh some of the beans. (If for some reason there is still too much liquid then use a cup to get some of the excess out.)
Saute sausage and add right before serving.

The rice is self explanatory I'd say. Cook it up and serve with your yummy beans & sausage!

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