A Georgia Girl in Germany

MacKenzie really enjoys cooking, so she and Nana picked out a few new recipes to try when Nana and Papa were here over Thanksgiving. This one turned out real well, so I thought I’d share it.

To start things off, here’s the recipe:
1 egg
2 15-oz containers ricotta cheese
1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup Parmesan cheese, divided
½ cup chopped fresh parsley or 2 Tbsp dried parsley
1 Tbsp dried basil
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 10-oz package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained
1 12-oz box jumbo shells, cooked 15 min and drained
3 cups pasta sauce

First, cook the shells so they’ll be ready when the spinach-cheese mixture is ready.

Then, in a medium bowl, beat the egg lightly. Stir in the ricotta, mozzarella, ¾ cup Parmesan, parsley, basil, salt and pepper. Mix. Stir in the spinach.

Nana likes making her own pasta sauce. Not bad for a farm girl from South Georgia who married into an Italian family! {grin} MacKenzie was really getting into it by simultaneously stirring the shells in one pot and the tomato sauce in the other. What talent!

Spread ½ cup sauce in an 11- x 7-inch baking dish. When the shells are cooked and drained, spoon about 2 Tbsp of the spinach-cheese mixture into each shell.

Arrange the shells in the baking dish.

MacKenzie enjoyed licking the sauce off her fingers. Nana’s homemade pasta sauce sure is good!



Top with remaining sauce, sprinkling remaining Parmesan cheese on top. Bake at 350-degrees F for 30 minutes or until heated through.

Enjoy!

Granny Mary would be so proud!!

Labels: Cooking, MacKenzie, Nana and Papa