{"id":21371,"date":"2018-03-09T00:31:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T04:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=21371"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:06:32","slug":"ricotta-and-spinach-stuffed-pasta-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/ricotta-and-spinach-stuffed-pasta-shells","title":{"rendered":"Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with these irresistible Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells - they're absolutely scrumptious! Trust me, everyone will be begging for seconds of this mouthwatering dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With its delicious flavours and simple ingredients, this is definitely a dish that will quickly become a family favourite and feature regularly on your meal plans. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n[feast_advanced_jump_to]\n\n\n

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This <\/em>Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells<\/strong> recipe is also featured on page 218 of the Slimming Eats Cookbook in the blog favourites section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calories in Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These yummy stuffed pasta shells serves 4 and is 327 calories per serving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you're looking for more recipes within the same calorie range, you'll find an abundance of options in my dedicated collection of 300+ calorie recipes<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you're following a calorie-controlled diet or a healthy eating plan, it's important to calculate your daily calorie intake using a reliable calorie calculator. Please note that the calorie counts provided are estimates and can vary based on specific ingredients and serving sizes. Personalizing your calculations is essential to meet your individual needs. By using a calorie calculator, you can make informed choices and stay on track with your dietary goals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stuffed Giant Pasta Shells with Ricotta and Spinach<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was walking around Costco last week doing the usual monthly top of things we usually grab, when a tub of Ricotta caught my eye and an instant craving for Ricotta and Spinach pasta took over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was already a bag of spinach in the cart, something I buy weekly as it's so handy for adding some quick speed foods to dinner whether it be pasta, curry or even breakfast, so all I needed was the pasta shells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jumbo Pasta Shells are perfect for stuffing with yummy fillings for amazing pasta dishes, they are large and less fiddly than the usual cannelloni tubes, although if you can't get large pasta shells, feel free to substitute with a similar pasta that can be stuffed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ricotta and Spinach Filling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As with any spinach dish, garlic is a must, they are just two ingredients that pair together amazingly well. I also add some onion, because well onion is delicious in whatever you are making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's perfect in sweet dishes as well as savoury. Have you tried some ricotta, drizzled with warmed honey and fresh fruit? HEAVENLY!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells serves 4 people but I only use 3 servings of ricotta, so that we can also get in a serving of Parmesan for the top of the bake. A pasta bake dish, just needs some kind of melty cheese don't you think? and well Parmesan really packs the flavour too.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Making Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You need to make sure you parboil the pasta until al dente before stuffing, and then it can be placed on top of that yummy tomato based sauce and sprinkled with the parmesan cheese before being baked in the oven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the sauce that the pasta shells sit on. I use passata, stock, onion and garlic with a little pinch of mixed herbs, simmered for about 20 minutes before adding to my Nutri Ninja Blender<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to blend the sauce until smooth. Any blender will do the trick, even an immersion blender if that's all you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I bake this Ricotta and Spinach Pasta Shells in my Le Creuset Shallow Casserole Dish<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, it's just the right size for arranging all the filled pasta shells and I can cover it with the lid for the first bake part, before removing to finish off. It looks super pretty too, served up in the middle of the table for everyone to dig into with a yummy side salad.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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More Baked Pasta Recipes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Love baked Pasta dishes like this Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Pasta Shells? Check out some of my other pasta bakes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n