SYN FREE RICOTTA AND SPINACH STUFFED PASTA SHELLS | SLIMMING WORLD

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.
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.
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.

Ingredients

• 8oz/230g of fresh spinach, chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 1 egg
• 30g/1oz of parmesan cheese, grated - 1 HEa
• 270g/9.5oz of  ricotta - 3 HEa's
• 20 jumbo pasta shells (approx 140g), uncooked
• cooking oil spray
• for the tomato sauce:
• 1 cup of passata
• 1 cup of stock
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• pinch of mixed herbs
• cooking oil spray

Instructions

1. For the tomato sauce:
2. Spray a frying pan over a medium-high heat with cooking oil spray, add the onion and fry for a couple of minutes until softened.
3. Add the garlic, passata, stock and pinch of mixed herbs, bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for about 15-20mins, until it reduces down. 
4. Allow to cool slightly and then add to a blender and blend until smooth, set aside.

for full instruction please see : www.slimmingeats.com

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