This is an easy dish to make during the week. This can also be made in advance and just chucked in the oven when you’re ready.

Usually I would make the pasta sauce but I made this the day after we got home from our trip so was still feeling the time difference a little bit so was after something that wouldn’t take hours.

This is a family friendly dish and can be easily adjusted to your own preferences. Eg, swap the sausage for another meat such as diced chicken, switch up the filling with a bit of basil and bacon. It’s one of those dishes that can be made with what you have leftover in the house.

Ingredients

• 5 or 6 good quality sausages (pork or beef)
• 1 packet of jumbo pasta shells
• 2 tbsp crushed garlic
• 3 cups chopped spinach
• 1 brown onion – diced
• 1 jar pasta sauce (or you can make your own)
• 1 cup ricotta
• 1 cup grated cheddar and extra to sprinkle
• ½ cup parmesan and extra to sprinkle

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius.
2. Empty the sausage meat of of the casings and brown lightly.
3. Cook the pasta shells according to packet instructions.
4. In a pan heat a tsp of olive oil and soften garlic and onion.
5. In a bowl mix the ricotta, cheddar and parmesan with the garlic, onion, spinach half of the sausage meat and season with salt and pepper.
6. Pour ¾ of your pasta sauce into a greased oven dish.
7. It’s now time to start stuffing your shells. Place 1-2 tbsp of the cheese mixture into each shell followed by the tbsp of the sausage. Place into the dish. Continue with the remaining shells and mixture.
8. Add the remaining sauce in dollops in the oven dish and sprinkle with mozarellla and parmesan. Season with a little sauce.
9. Place in the oven for 15 minutes.

Serve with garlic bread and a green salad.

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