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Home » Main Dishes » Pasta Dish » Veggie & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells

Veggie & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells

July 14, 2014 by Danielle Green 6 Comments

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Vegetable & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells - Krafted Koch

I came up with these Veggie & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells after coming across the new Red Lobster® Cheddar Bay Biscuits in box mix form! Have you seen these in your local grocery stores? I did a little happy dance when I came across them, because, while I have tried some of the “copycat” recipes, they are never quite as good.  I am not a huge seafood fan so Cheddar Bay Biscuit are the sole REASON I go to Red Lobster®. They are that good!

Vegetable & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells - Krafted Koch
Vegetable & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells - Krafted Koch

I needed to come up with a great pasta dish to pair with these babies, because I thought it might be a bit socially unacceptable to just eat cheddar biscuits for dinner. 😉 I do have to say, I was rather impressed with the box mix though. I didn’t expect them to be as good as the real deal at the restaurant, but they really came close, fresh out of the oven!

After sitting for an hour or two, they weren’t quite as good, but I doubt there will be many sitting that long, with how good these hot buttery biscuits are!

So, with that said, onto the dish that goes wonderfully with these cheddar biscuits, Veggie & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells. You can never have too much cheese, right? Pasta shells stuffed with vegetables and lots of yummy cheese, topped with marinara, makes a wonderfully filling vegetarian dish!

Try and be a little smarter than me when making these and don’t fill half of your shells with the veggie cheese mixture before realizing you forgot to include the egg. Womp, womp! So I dumped them out and started again.

Without the egg for a binding agent, these puppies would have spread and melted all over the place into unrecognizable stuffed shells. And don’t even get me started on the two shells that made it to the floor instead of the pan. I tell you, I was definitely struggling this particular night. But hey, learn from my mistakes and take your time!

Veggie & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells - Krafted Koch
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Vegetable & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells - Krafted Koch

Veggie & Three Cheese Stuffed Shells

Pasta shells stuffed with vegetables and lots of yummy cheese, topped with marinara, makes a wonderfully filling vegetarian dish!

Ingredients

  • 20 jumbo shells cooked, this allows for a couple extra 'fails'
  • 1 jar marinara
  • 2 c. 1% cottage cheese
  • 1 c. parmesan cheese
  • 1.5 c. shredded cheddar, divided
  • 1 c. zucchini shredded
  • 1 c. carrots shredded or matchstick
  • 2 c. onions diced
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tsp. Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°.
  2. Start by dicing and shredding your vegetables. Squeeze your zucchini in a paper towel to release the excess moisture.
  3. In a saute pan over medium-high head, add your onions carrots and cook for a few minutes until tender, to that add the zucchini and continue to cook for a few minutes until all the veggies are cooked through.
  4. Remove veggies from the heat and add to a large bowl with cottage cheese, parmesan, 1 cup cheddar, egg and seasonings.
  5. In a greased 9x13 pan, layer 1 cup of the marinara sauce.
  6. Start stuffing each shell with 1/3 c. of the veggie and cheese mixture. Arrange in the pan over the marinara. After all the shells are in the pan, layer another cup of marinara over the top. On top of that, sprinkle 1/2 c. shredded cheddar.
  7. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes.

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1 Servings
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 858Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 940mgCarbohydrates: 126gFiber: 9gSugar: 10gProtein: 43g

Provided nutrition data is only an estimate. If you are tracking these nutrients for medical purposes, please consult an outside, trusted source.

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Cuisine: Vegetarian / Category: Pasta
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Filed Under: Main Dishes, Pasta Dish, Recipe, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Tagged With: Cheesey, Meatless Monday, Pasta, Vegetarian


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Comments

  1. Lindsay @ The Live-In Kitchen says

    July 15, 2014 at 8:23 am

    This is my kind of pasta! And the cheddar bay biscuits? Yesssss.

    Reply
  2. Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says

    July 15, 2014 at 8:30 am

    Forgetting the egg? That is just such a Julie move! I now set all ingredients out ahead of time and put them back as I use them because it was getting so bad! This looks delicious and I love how you snuck veggies in there!

    Reply
  3. Claudia @ Breakfast Drama Queen says

    July 16, 2014 at 4:14 am

    Looks amazing!!!

    Reply
    • Danielle | Krafted Koch says

      July 16, 2014 at 12:54 pm

      Thanks Claudia!

      Reply
  4. Kelly Stoeber says

    November 3, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    Do you think Ricotta would work in place of the cottage cheese?

    Reply
    • Danielle | Krafted Koch says

      November 3, 2014 at 3:45 pm

      Hi Kelly, you could absolutely substitute Ricotta for cottage cheese!

      Reply

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