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                           Beef Stuffed Shells

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Pasta                            Beef
                Freezer Meals

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      pound         ground beef
   1      large         onion -- chopped
   1      clove         garlic -- chopped to taste
   8      ounces        shredded mozzarella cheese
     1/2  cup           bread crumbs
   1                    egg
                        Seasonings *
  18                    giant shells
   1      jar           spaghetti sauce
     1/2  cup           grated parmesan cheese **

* salt, pepper, parsley, oregano (all to taste) **(I have also used more mozzar
ella since we like things cheesy :) )

Brown ground meat, onion and garlic. Drain and cool. Cook shells in
boiling water about 15 minutes, drain. Into meat mixture, stir in
mozzarella cheese, bread crumbs, egg and seasonings. Spread 1/4 of
the jar of sauce into a baking dish (I use a lasagne pan, sorry can't
recall dimensions!). Stuff the shells with the meat mixture and place
in dish on top of sauce. Pour remaining sauce over the stuffed shells
and sprinkle with the parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake at
375 for 20-25 minutes.

Freezing instructions:

I have frozen this dish several times with success. Use the foil pans
for this or put foil in your baking dish before the sauce and
assembling shells. You can cook the shells then cool and freeze; thaw
and reheat at 350 degrees till heated through. You can also freeze
the stuffed shells before cooking, then thaw and cook as directed.
The only thing I have noticed when freezing is that you may need to
add more sauce over the top.

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