It is always nice when you can sneak a variety of vegetables into your meal. Especially since the only side vegetable my son will eat is salad. However, if the vegetable is cooked into a meal he doesn’t seem to mind. I don’t necessarily have to hide them in meals, I just have to make sure that they are mixed with enough different things that he doesn’t mind the flavor. This is one of those recipes that he will happily eat without complaining about the vegetables.
16 jumbo pasta shells
2 cups marinara sauce (I like extra marinara to spoon onto the shells after they are cooked)
1 10oz package frozen spinach, thawed
8 oz frozen broccoli, thawed
15 oz ricotta cheese
2 oz parmesan cheese
4 oz mozzarella
Preheat oven to 400. Cook pasta according to directions. Pour sauce into bottom of baking dish. Squeeze spinach to get rid of excess water and chop spinach and broccoli and place in bowl. Stir in cheeses (only half of the mozzarella) and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well and spoon mixture into shells. Bake 10-12 minutes or until shells are heated through.
