The Perfect Cheese Lover’s Dinner:
If it weren’t for cheese, there’s no doubt in my mind that this food blog would be called Skinny Girl instead of RecipeGirl. Pasta is welcome in my life any old time, but cheese is something that I seriously couldn’t live without. There is nothing like the tang of a fantastic hunk of aged sharp cheddar, the flavor of a soft, fresh goat cheese, or the creaminess of a wedge of French brie. I love them all. That’s okay though. I enjoy cheese much more than I’d enjoy being a skinny girl. I suppose I could learn to live in moderation of this delicious evil, (and I do most of the time) but that’s not always terribly easy to do. My family is into cheese too, and they’re really into pasta, so that’s how these Three Cheese Stuffed Shells came about!
How to make Three Cheese Stuffed Shells:
Large shells are stuffed with a mixture of ricotta, shredded cheese (I used white sharp cheddar) and feta cheese. They’re topped with a simple homemade cream sauce (Bechamel base minus the nutmeg… with the addition of feta cheese). A sprinkle of fresh basil and chives goes on top, and then into the oven for 30 minutes. Note: You could certainly use marinara sauce instead of cream sauce, if you’d like.
It’s a great dinner- both husband and kid- friendly. The melty cheese- stuffed pasta shells are delicious dunked in that creamy, cheesy sauce. We eat them with a big green salad to help balance things out.
Here are a few more pasta dinner recipes you might like to try:
Burrata Baked Ziti Classic Beef Lasagna Chicken Bacon Spinach Pasta Rigatoni in Vodka Sauce Cheesy Baked Penne Spaghetti Carbonara
