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  1. My mom would make it just like that growing up, man was it good! Wish she was still here to make it

  2. I did this without the spinach. Almost the same. It was great! I used hot Italian and differnt Italian cheeses!!!

  3. I felt the Spiro's pain from that hot stuffed shell 😅 Take a good care of yourselves, please. We need you, guys 💯🙏

  4. I love that dudes style molten lava and a whole shell thats a real chef enjoying his food

  5. Ok fellas, made this tonight! Not bad Spiro!
    I was nervous about the nutmeg being too much but it blended in perfectly and added something. I did dial it back to .75tsp as a precaution.
    The proportions were spot on (lemon juice, salt), perfectly seasoned.

    What I would do differently:
    Completely omit the lemon zest. The juice was enough, the zest took over the dish; even cutting through the rich tomato sauce. The juice was enough for a bit of acidity and tang.

    It was definitely missing meat. 2 young kids (girl + boy) both commented that it needed meat. My other recipe for this uses sausage, mild Italian fried up w the onions would be 👌

    I topped the cheese w a touch of Italian herbs pre-bake, served with chopped parsley. Garlic bread would have gone well with it.

    Notes: I cooked a 340g box of shells and was left with 10 unused.
    It took me 2 full jars of pasta sauce ~1300ml
    For those interested.
    I used a little over 300g of mozzarella between the filling and topping.
    I used a full bag of spinach (283g) and it didn’t stand out at all, you could use more and the end result is totally kid friendly!

    If you wanted, these would work well baked in individual ramekins; 4-5 shells each.
    Final note: this freezes well up until the point of baking for pre-made meals.

    Thanks as always fellas!

  6. You did a great job they look yummy! I make something similar adding groundbeef, cottage cheese, bread, milk to soften the bread and I use the pasta tubes. I'm sorry but I can't remember the name of the pasta. Same idea with the sauce on top and bottom lots of cheese.

  7. My mom made this with me when I was in my teens and it was absolutely delicious. It probably started my love for making interesting foods. She would never make a lasagna because everyone else did that and that way no one could compare it to her stuffed shells, lol

  8. "A fun one with the kids" took me right back to my childhood. I was always the one drafted to stuff the shells, stuff the manicotti…. And I'm the only one of the "kids" who knows how to cook now

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