Oh my goodness, AMAZING RECIPE ALERT!
Glad Wednesday, my buddies! I’m coming at’cha from good ol’ NYC. It’s the final week that I’m allowed to journey ((I’m 27 weeks at the moment!)) and so we’re in New York for the week for my husband’s work, after which this weekend we’ll go throughout the river to New Jersey for our East Coast child bathe with Steven’s household!
However TONIGHT, I’m sharing with you a brand new recipe from final week that KNOCKED OUR SOCKS OFF!
Introducing my BAKED CHEESY SHELLS!
Suppose lasagna, however made with cute little shells!
Layers of chewy pasta, gooey cheese and probably the most superb turkey tomato sauce you’ve ever tasted! All baked to the proper, bubbly, golden brown goodness, full with these fabulous crispy cheese edges.
In a phrase: perfection.
We each took one chunk, and it was clear: this was the perfect meal I’d ever made.
And probably the most superb factor is that it’s 100% Particular Carbohydrate Weight loss plan authorized, gluten free, and HIGH PROTEIN.
Every serving has 72 GRAMS OF PROTEIN!!
That’s as a result of this recipe utilized lentil pasta — from Wellbee’s…which is the solely model of Particular Carb Weight loss plan authorized lentil pasta…as a result of they take the time to soak the lentils for twenty-four hours BEFORE they flip it into pasta!
And let me inform you — this was decadently good!
And the cheese we used? MUNSTER CHEESE! Straight from the block. From grass-fed cows. After which completed with Parmesan cheese — which does a very terrific job of browning up 🙂
Right here’s What You Want: (Serves 4)
Sauce:
1/2 lb cooked floor turkey (I used half of the 1 lb batch I cooked the day earlier than)
1 pink bell pepper, diced
1 pink onion, diced
5 garlic cloves
2 tomatoes
1 can natural diced tomatoes (SCD: be sure that the ONLY substances are tomatoes and sea salt!) That is the model I exploit
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
Pinch of pink pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to style
3 cups lentil pasta shells (SCD use the Wellbee’s model)
1 block munster cheese, grated (this model is grass-fed)
1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated contemporary from the block
Instruments:
Vitamix or excessive powered blender
Bread pan or casserole dish
Nonstick tinfoil
Cheese grater
Giant nonstick skillet or dutch oven
Instructions:
In a big skillet or dutch oven, saute your bell pepper, onion, garlic and tomatoes in 3 Tbsp EVOO with salt and pepper for about 5 minutes over medium excessive warmth. Add your spices and your diced tomatoes and cook dinner for two extra minutes. Switch to your Vitamix blender, and mix on the soup setting (ought to be about 5 minutes) till it’s velvety and clean!
Whereas it’s mixing, add your cooked turkey to the identical dutch oven, and heat by over low warmth.
When the sauce is completed mixing, add again to the dutch oven with the turkey. Stir and put aside till it’s able to be assembled.
In the meantime, grate your cheeses. (This can take a couple of minutes, however grating it from the block actually makes an enormous distinction and actually makes it soften SO BEAUTIFULLY, versus the pre-shredded selection.
Lastly, cook dinner your pasta till al dante. The Wellbee’s model is meant to cook dinner for 7.5 minutes — I cooked it for six. Drain and put aside.
To assemble:
Brush the underside of your bread or casserole dish with olive oil and spoon somewhat little bit of sauce within the backside to forestall sticking.
Then, add half of your pasta shells to the pan, adopted by 1/2 of your sauce and half of the munster cheese. Repeat the layers. End off together with your parmesan cheese on the highest.
*Protip: you will want to “smoosh” the shells and every part down a bit with the again of a spatula. Will probably be FULL – however don’t worry: we’re going to bake it on high of a baking sheet in case it bubbles over, however mine didn’t!
Bake uncovered on high of a cookie sheet for quarter-hour in a 400 diploma oven till the highest is bubbly and has turned a stupendous golden brown.
Let stand for about 5 minutes to set earlier than slicing into it!
Serve with a salad and a roasted vegetable! (I made broccoli and it was the proper hearty accompaniment!
Leftovers will last as long as 3 days within the fridge! (Protip: I saved about 1/4 cup of sauce to “refresh” the leftovers once I reheated them within the oven — and it actually was additional scrumptious!
Oh my gosh this was the perfect factor I’ve eaten in a LONG TIME!
It actually was extra like a lasagna, as a result of there was this thick, gooey layer of melty cheese in the midst of the piece!
It was so tremendous scrumptious! The sauce was completely divine — NOTHING beats a selfmade tomato sauce. Sure, you may use a jarred selection in case you wished to. BUT, this was simply so contemporary, and made with tremendous wholesome substances — all greens! So that you’re actually getting a serving of veggies simply by consuming the sauce!
And the leftovers have been simply as scrumptious. I blended it with somewhat bit extra sauce, and reheated it within the oven for quarter-hour at 400 levels, and it tasted similar to the primary day!
This was one in every of my husband’s favourite meals. Second ONLY to Filipino Sinigang 🙂
So there you could have it! I’m about to go meet my husband at his workplace earlier than going out to dinner! So I’ll catch y’all tomorrow! And boy, do I’ve some outrageous tales from NYC!