STUFFED SHELL ALFREDO CASSEROLE

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Comfort food at it's finest! You can sub out veggies for your favorites, this is just a starting point. We like to use chicken breasts in place of the italian turkey sausage, too. This is a great recipe to take to a pot luck, or freeze half for later. Makes lots and lots!

Provided by ChefKimmie

Categories     Pasta Shells

Time 1h25m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 (1 lb) package sweet Italian turkey sausage
2 (16 ounce) jars of your favorite prepared alfredo sauce
1 (14 ounce) package frozen broccoli florets
2 (14 ounce) cans artichoke bottoms
16 ounces low-fat ricotta cheese
1 (12 ounce) box jumbo pasta shells
1/4 cup Italian style breadcrumbs
1 large egg
salt and pepper

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cook Pasta shells according to package directions (al dente), drain and set aside.
  • Meanwhile, remove casings from turkey sausage, brown, making small chunks. Drain any fat and set sausage aside.
  • In Large mixing bowl, combine ricotta, egg, bread crumbs, salt and pepper.
  • Chop broccoli and artichoke bottoms into small pieces, add to cheese mixture.
  • Add browned sausage to the cheese and veggie mixture, make sure it's well combined.
  • In 13 X 9 baking dish, pour 1/2 of one jar of Alfredo sauce. Stuff shells with sausage/cheese/veggie mixture, place individual shells in baking dish, filling dish to capacity. You may have cooked shells left over, discard these.
  • Pour remaining alfredo sauce over the top of the shells, adding pepper to taste.
  • Bake at 350 degrees, for about 1 hour, until the top gets a little brown, and there are bubbles all around. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 438.9, Fat 8.8, SaturatedFat 3.1, Cholesterol 74.8, Sodium 880.6, Carbohydrate 66.4, Fiber 11.8, Sugar 4.6, Protein 26.5

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