Broccoli Stuffed Shells

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Back to the broccoli stuffed shells. I’ve made spinach stuffed shells a couple times before and they were a big hit. Only problem- I didn’t love them. So, I decided to make up a new recipe using broccoli instead, since its one of my favorite vegetables. It turned out AMAZING!!!!!

Ingredients:

1 box jumbo shells (I didn’t use all of them- I made cheesy shells with ¼ of them)

A little more than ½ of 15 ounce container of ricotta cheese

1 small bag of shredded pizza/mozzarella cheese

Grated parmesan cheese

1 onion, chopped

1 bag frozen broccoli (I used 2/3 of a 32 ounce bag)

1 jar pasta sauce

Nutmeg, salt, pepper

Directions:

- Cook the shells and broccoli according to the directions on their package

- While the shells and broccoli are cooking, sauté the onion.

- Combine onion, broccoli, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, and spices in a bowl

- Pour a thin layer of pasta sauce into the bottom of a 9”x13” tin

- Place shells (open side up) on the sauce

- Stuff the shells with the cheese mixture

- Cover the shells with the rest of the sauce and sprinkle pizza cheese on top.

- Optional: you can sprinkle any leftover broccoli/cheese mixture on top (I did- sooo good!)

- Cover with aluminum foil and cook at 350° for approximately 30 minutes, until the cheese on top is melted.