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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 2. Brown ground beef and drain excess grease. Set aside. | 3. Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed, ovenproof pan. | 4. Saute green and wax beans, zucchini and yellow squash, onions, herbs, and eggplant/peppers (if using them), on medium-high heat until about half cooked. | 5. Reduce heat to medium. Add tomatoes and heat until tomatoes get sort of wilted and juicy, stirring occasionally. | 6. Add browned, ground beef and bring to a gentle simmer. If the amount of juice seems inadequate (plum or grape tomatoes are less juicy than the canning and slicing types), add about 1/2 cup V8, tomato juice, or beef stock. But don’t make it too wet or the tortellini will get mushy and unappealing. | 7. Remove from heat. Toss with hot tortellini. | 8. Stir in the Parmesan and half the Mozzarella. Top with remaining Mozzarella. | 9. Bake at 350F for 20-30 minutes or until the cheese bubbles and starts to brown. | 10. This is a meal in one casserole but, as with many pasta dishes, a salad of Italian greens and a loaf of crusty bread would add the final polish. | 11. Suitable for OAMC. Treat it as you would treat lasagna. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	2	lbs	ground browned	1060.8024	0.0	209.1685	24.3894
wax bean	1/2	lb	snapped	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
green bean	1/2		snapped	15.5	3.485	0.915	0.11
zucchini	1 -2		cubed	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
yellow squash	1 -2		cubed	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
green onion	6 -8		sliced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
green pepper	1 -2		diced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
eggplant	1 -2		diced	-	-	-	-
rosemary	1	tablespoon	minced	2.227	0.3519	0.0563	0.0996
basil	2	tablespoons	minced	1.219	0.1404	0.16699999999999998	0.0339
thyme	1	teaspoon	minced	0.8079999999999999	0.1956	0.0445	0.0134
oregano	1	tablespoon	minced	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
garlic clove	2 -3		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	4	cups	diced diced	165.6	36.72	8.64	1.44
cheese tortellini	2 -3	lb	cooked	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup		74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
mozzarella cheese	1	lb	shredded divided	1469.641	123.46799999999999	61.5072	81.0571
olive oil	1 -2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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