Recipe Collection: Stuffed “Shells”

**This post has been entered in Pennywise Platter Thursday at The Nourishing Gourmet!**

This dish could be made with jumbo pasta shells, green peppers, or even cabbage leaves.  It depends on what you want!  The filling is incredibly nourishing and nutrient-dense!  (Not to mention yummy.)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb. grass-fed ground beef
• 3 large mushrooms, sliced
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1/2 c. spinach, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
• 1 c. mozzarella, shredded and divided
• 1/2 tsp. parsley
• 1/4 c. asiago cheese, shredded
• 1/4 c. Romano cheese, shredded
• 1 egg yolk, beaten
• 4 green peppers or 8 large cabbage leaves or 12 - 14 jumbo shells
• 2 c. tomato sauce

Directions:

Brown the beef and add the mushrooms, onion, spinach, and garlic.  Cook until done.  In a medium bowl, mix ricotta, 1/2 c. mozzarella, and parsley.  Add the meat mix.  Pour a little sauce in a baking dish.  Stuff “shells” with mixture, set on sauce.  Pour the rest of the sauce over top and add shredded cheese.

This is a very cheesy dish!  Serve it with a nice salad and some rooibos tea or water kefir for a complete meal!  (I just started brewing water kefir again and I’m so excited, so you’ll be hearing about that again in a few weeks.)