hey y'all welcome back to Make It Dairy Free i'm Larisha and today we are going
to be talking about one of our favorite pasta dishes before we went vegan
stuffed shells and how to veganize it
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so andrew and i were sitting down to meal plan the other week and we realized
that we have a lot of pasta dishes that we love and so do you guys we have
carbonara and alfredo and two types of lasagna and the best
mac and cheese and most recently our penne alla vodka but
there's one that we don't have stuffed shells not only that but we don't think
that we have ever fed our kids stuffed shells
ever and how can that possibly be if you
watched our video the other week on our carnival foods you realize that
they had never had corn dogs either and they actually loved those so we
decided to continue this trend and fix it by hopefully sharing another one
of our favorites with them this recipe is so creamy so good and
absolutely so easy to make you guys know we are all about the easy recipes
and most of this recipe is just waiting for it to cook we are going to discuss
a few different types of ways to make this including how to make this
completely top 8 allergen free so enough talking let's get right into the recipe
alright so the first thing that we are going to do is drop our uncooked jumbo
shells into a large pot of boiling water that has been salted
if you're gluten free you can find gluten-free jumbo shells
you want to carefully drop the shells into the water so you don't crack them
cook these for half the amount of time listed on your package stirring
occasionally we are going to add some oil over medium
heat and add in some garlic for a minute stirring often
then drop all your spinach in if you don't like large pieces of spinach then
we suggest you chop your spinach roughly before cooking
you want to cook your spinach down until it has wilted yes we basically went from
a whole field of spinach down to a fork full it blows my mind every time
but now set this aside then we are going to make our filling by using a mixture
of vegan ricotta and cream cheese as our base simply because vegan ricotta
is expensive where we are but if you make your own at home that is cheaper by
all means only use ricotta we're also adding in vegan mozzarella
and parmesan along with basil parsley and that cooked spinach we just
wilted down finally some pepper we find that store-bought cheeses are quite
salty so we don't add any but taste the mixture and add some if desired
once you have everything in your bowl you're going to take your time and
really work to combine everything once you don't have any big pieces of
cream cheese or ricotta remaining then you're good to go
inside of a greased 9x13 casserole dish you're going to add half a jar of your
favorite spaghetti sauce or about 14 ounces of a homemade sauce if you'd
prefer that then carefully pick up a cooked shell and
you are going to stuff about a tablespoon to a tablespoon and a half of
mixture into each shell there is enough mixture to fill about 20
to 30 shells depending on how much you stuff them
place your shell into your casserole dish and then continue filling until no
more remain we usually fit ours in diagonally but there is no right or
wrong way to put your shells in here it's also completely okay that they
touch each other once you have all your shells filled and inside your casserole
dish you are going to pour the remaining sauce on top
spread the sauce out over the shells so it's in one even layer
top it with the remaining vegan mozzarella and parmesan cheese and then
into the oven it goes if you have any leftover shells you can
either chop them into pieces and just scatter them into the dish for zero
waste or just top them with more sauce another
day of the week once it comes out we recommend letting
it sit for a few minutes before serving and then top with fresh basil and serve
that with garlic bread we will link ours in the description
below thanks y'all so much for watching we hope that you enjoyed this easy vegan
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