Stuffed Shell Alfredo Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (1 lb) package sweet italian turkey sausage
• 2 (16 ounce) jars of your favorite prepared alfredo sauce
• 1 (14 ounce) package frozen broccoli florets
• 2 (14 ounce) cans artichoke bottoms
• 16 ounces low-fat ricotta cheese
• 1 (12 ounce) box jumbo pasta shells
• 1/4 cup italian style breadcrumbs
• 1 large egg
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cook pasta shells according to package directions (al dente), drain and set aside.
• 3 meanwhile, remove casings from turkey sausage, brown, making small chunks. drain any fat and set sausage aside.
• 4 in large mixing bowl, combine ricotta, egg, bread crumbs, salt and pepper.
• 5 chop broccoli and artichoke bottoms into small pieces, add to cheese mixture.
• 6 add browned sausage to the cheese and veggie mixture, make sure it's well combined.
• 7 in 13 x 9 baking dish, pour 1/2 of one jar of alfredo sauce. stuff shells with sausage/cheese/veggie mixture, place individual shells in baking dish, filling dish to capacity. you may have cooked shells left over, discard these.
• 8 pour remaining alfredo sauce over the top of the shells, adding pepper to taste.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees, for about 1 hour, until the top gets a little brown, and there are bubbles all around. enjoy!