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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Brown ground beef and drain. Return to pan.Saute onions and garlic in pan with cooked meat for approximately 3 minutes. Set aside. | 2. Boil salted water to cook the pasta shells according to package al dente style. Strain and set aside. | 3. In a large bowl, mix ricotta, parmasan, and 2/3 package of shredded mozzarella. Add italian seasoning, garlic pepper, eggs and milk and mix thoroughly. Mix in meat and spinach. | 4. In a large baking dish, pour enough sauce to cover the bottom of the pan lightly. Fill each shell with large rounded tablespoons of meat and cheese mixture, and place in pan. Be sure to closely place the shells together so they don't get hard while baking. | 5. *If there are too many shells for one pan, make a secong and store tightly covered in freezer until later use. | 6. Pour remaining sauce evenly over all of the shells. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese. Cover tightly with aluminum foil, and bake at 375 for 35-45 minutes. Take foil off pan, and bake additional 10 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	2 1/2		ground	2245.2849	0.0	220.2194	144.3559
jumbo pasta shell	2	boxes		-	-	-	-
prego spaghetti sauce	1	jar		-	-	-	-
spinach	1	box	thawed frozen	-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	2	cups		863.04	15.0784	55.8496	64.3808
mozzarella cheese	1		shredded	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
yellow onion	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
italian seasoning	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
garlic pepper seasoning	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
egg	4		beaten	286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
milk	1/3	cup		49.6133	3.8877	2.562	2.6596

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.