Cheeseburger Shellys

• Meat

  • 1 lb Ground beef

• Produce

  • 1 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1/2 Onion, small
  • 1 tsp Onion powder

• Condiments

  • 1 Jar of ragu homestyle sauce - 23 oz

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 8 oz Triple cheddar shredded mix

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 2 tbsp Olive oil

• Dairy

  • 1 block Cream cheese
  • 1 cups Mozzarella shredded cheese

Found on loavesanddishes.net

Description

Ingredients

• ½ Box Jumbo Pasta Shells (6 oz) - prepared per box instructions
• 2 Tbs Olive Oil
• 1 lb of ground beef
• 3 cloves garlic - minced.
• ½ onion - chopped small
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• 1 block of cream cheese - softened and cut into 1 inch blocks
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 2 tsp Italian Seasoning
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• 8 oz Triple Cheddar shredded mix
• 1 jar of Ragu Homestyle Sauce - 23 oz
• 1-2 Cups Mozzarella Shredded Cheese

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350. In a medium frying pan over medium heat on the stove top add 2 Tbs Olive Oil. Crumble the ground beef into the pan. Add the minced garlic and chopped onion so that all of them can cook together. Add the salt and pepper.
• When the ground beef is browned, add the softened cream cheese, garlic powder, onion powder and Italian Seasoning, salt and pepper. Stir until cream cheese is mostly melted. Stir in the Triple Cheddar Shredded Cheese. Stir in the shredded cheese and then remove from heat. Set aside to cool slightly.
• In a 2 quart baking dish, spread a little bit of the pasta sauce - maybe ¼ cup. Just so shells won’t stick. Using a household teaspoon, fill each shelly with the hamburger cheese mixture. Once the shelly is full place it in the baking pan. Repeat until the baking dish is full with shellys lined up like little soldiers. You may have more meat mix than shells - or all of your shells may not fit- in that case just put your extra hamburger around in the dish - you can see what I did in my movie here. Save the extra shellys for a different cooking project.
• Once shellys are in place, cover with the remaining pasta sauce and spread the sauce around to cover. Sprinkle the Mozzarella Cheese on top. Bake for 30 mins until the pasta sauce is bubbling through and the cheese is melting and starting to brown.