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Baked Shells in Sauce

SUBMITTED BY: Krista B

"A filling main dish that is easily adaptable to suit your personal tastes. Recipe doubles/triples well. Use your favorite store bought or homemade tomato sauce."
PREP TIME  10 Min
COOK TIME  30 Min
READY IN  40 Min
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Original recipe yield: 2 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup seashell pasta
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • 1/2 cup mushrooms, diced
  • 1/4 cup crumbled firm silken tofu
  • 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS

  1. Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  3. In a medium bowl combine tomato sauce, mushrooms and tofu. Stir in cooked pasta. In a separate, small bowl combine mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
  4. In a small casserole dish layer pasta mixture and cheeses.
  5. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2003 by Shiloh
This was really good! Like someone else, said, it's really the sauce you use that makes or breaks it. I made my own tomato sauce. I also quadrupled the recipe, and used penne instead of shells. I didn't use any of the cheese, but the tofu sure fooled everyone as ricotta! Also, I sauteed zucchini slices and a portabello mushroom. I decided to layer it like lasagna, with sauce on the bottom, a layer of noodles, some mushroom and zucchini chunks, then the tofu (used more), and then started over with the sauce. I ended it with sauce on top and sprinkled chopped black olives all over the top. Yum, yum, and quite healthy!!! Next time I'll try it with lasagna noodles!

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Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2006 by Cathalain
Great base recipe. I like the idea of using tofu here. It's bland as is, but as the submitter stated, ït's a good start. I'm a garlic lover, so I throw in about 4 cloves of garlic (yes...I know), as well as green pepper, lots of mushrooms, lots of onions, some scallions, and huge amounts of pepper. My mouth was burning... but I loved every minute! =)

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Reviewed on Jul. 6, 2005 by BCFERRI
This was SO GOOD! I have been been searching for ways to make healthful vegetarian dishes, and this one was amazing! I especially liked how there was tofu incorporated into the sauce, and how there wasn't much cheese at all. This dish was also very filling on not a whole lot of calories, which was very nice. I will definately be making his again. Thank You!

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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 2

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 221

  • Total Fat: 5.5g
  • Cholesterol: 12mg
  • Sodium: 913mg
  • Total Carbs: 31.6g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 3.2g
  • Protein: 13.5g

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