Turkey Stuffed Shells
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 177.2
- Total Fat: 8.9 g
- Cholesterol: 53.8 mg
- Sodium: 298.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 13.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
- Protein: 12.6 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Turkey Stuffed Shells calories by ingredient
Introduction
Lighter version of stuffed shells Lighter version of stuffed shellsNumber of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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1/2 White Onion
2 Garlic Cloves
3 Tbsp dried parsley
Salt
Pepper (fresh ground)
pinch of Red Pepper flakes
Barilla Jumbo Shells
8 oz Ground Turkey 93% lean
1 1/2 cups fat free Sorrento Ricotta
1 Large egg
1 diced yellow squash
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp Promise light butter
16 oz crushed tomatoes
1 small Tomato sauce (Hunts)
Directions
Take saute pan and add butter and olive oil. Chop onion (diced) and Mince Garlic. Add to saute pan.
Cook low and slow in order not to burn garlic and to sweat the onions slowly. Add Crush tomatoes and Tomato sauce. 1/2 tsp salt. Pepper to taste. Simmer 45 mins. In separate pan Brown ground turkey, add salt, pepper and 1/2 of the parsley. Crumble.
Take Ricotta cheese place in medium bowl. add egg, rest of parsley. Add diced squash Add 1/2 tsp salt Add 1/2 of turkey into ricotta after cooled. In large Sauce pan, par boil shells. add lots of salt to water.
Rinse with cold water or shock with ice to stop cooking of pasta.
Add mixture into each shell. add rest of Turkey into sauce.
Get rectangular Glass ovenware. Put 1/4 sauce mixture on bottom to keep shells from sticking.
Place shells (10) onto sauce. Then add remainder of sauce mixer on top of shells. Bake 45 covered with foil. Last fifteen minutes if you like add cheese of your choice (Sprinkle 1/2 cup) bake until top of cheese is slightly browned.
Serving Size: 3 Shells
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DILLONCHERIE.
Cook low and slow in order not to burn garlic and to sweat the onions slowly. Add Crush tomatoes and Tomato sauce. 1/2 tsp salt. Pepper to taste. Simmer 45 mins. In separate pan Brown ground turkey, add salt, pepper and 1/2 of the parsley. Crumble.
Take Ricotta cheese place in medium bowl. add egg, rest of parsley. Add diced squash Add 1/2 tsp salt Add 1/2 of turkey into ricotta after cooled. In large Sauce pan, par boil shells. add lots of salt to water.
Rinse with cold water or shock with ice to stop cooking of pasta.
Add mixture into each shell. add rest of Turkey into sauce.
Get rectangular Glass ovenware. Put 1/4 sauce mixture on bottom to keep shells from sticking.
Place shells (10) onto sauce. Then add remainder of sauce mixer on top of shells. Bake 45 covered with foil. Last fifteen minutes if you like add cheese of your choice (Sprinkle 1/2 cup) bake until top of cheese is slightly browned.
Serving Size: 3 Shells
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DILLONCHERIE.