Stuffed Shells

2 pounds of sausage - I use hot Italian
2 8 ounce bricks of softened cream cheese
1 pound of Italian cheese - I use a blend of mozzarrella, asiago & parmesan
2 cloves minced fresh garlic
2 eggs
Basil or other desired herbs
Marinara sauce
1 box of just under al dente pasta shells

Cook sausage until no longer pink and drain. Place into large mixing bowl. Add in two packages of cream cheese, 1/2 package of Italian cheese, garlic, herbs and eggs. Mix together thoroughly and stuff into shells. Top with sauce and rest of the cheese and bake at 375 for an hour or until heated through and cheese has melted.

What coincidental timing. I am making stuffed shells right now. I am making the cheese ones though, it's my daughter's favorite dish, she is primarily vegetarian and leaves for college on Wednesday so I'm putting them together now for tomorrow night.
My sister keeps kosher and cannot mix meat and dairy. She often makes meat stuffed shells. She uses ground beef in hers, and puts spinach in too. I don't have a recipe or amounts, but good luck in making yourself a recipe.

What about spinach and feta cheese or spinach and cottage cheese?

You can use any of the recipes people gave you below or that you find on line, and substitute cottage cheese for the ricotta, or make half tofu (I use the soft tofu for this and drain it well) and half cottage cheese - put it in the food processor with the herbs and/or spinach (you can use fresh or even defrosted frozen chopped spinach). Any of that stuff can change the taste of the ricotta too, if you use that. Maybe you can't get past the taste even if you doctor it, but I'm just suggesting it as a possibility! Adding the tofu really bumps up the protein, and it takes on the taste of whatever else you mix it with. Hope you get some great outcomes!

We LOVE Marie's shells. We call it Taco's in a Pasta shell at our house...or TPS. It's a family favorite that I grew up on. We add a few things though. When the taco seasoning is cooking, we add scallions. After the cream cheese is melted, we add in drained an rinsed black beans and corn. It's AMAZING!

I made these just the other night! They were AWESOME! Even my 3yo ate them and asked for more! :)

Mexican Stuffed Shells

1 lb ground beef (or turkey)
1 pouch taco seasoning
4 oz (1/2 pack) cream cheese
16 jumbo shells (boil extra, as some will likely tear/ break.)
1 1/2 cup salsa
1 cup taco sauce
1 cup cheddar cheese
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese (for cheese, I just used 2 cups of Mexican blend instead of one cup of each...)

-preheat oven to 350
-Boil shells according to package directions. While they are boiling;
-Brown beef and prepare with taco seasoning according to seasoning package.
-add cream cream cheese to taco meat, cover, and simmer until it is melted. Then mix it well and remove from heat.
-When shells are done, drain and separate onto a cookie sheet to keep them from sticking together.
-Pour salsa into the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
-Fill each shell with 1-2 tbs of meat mixture, and place open-side up on top of salsa.
-Pour taco sauce over shells as evenly as you can.
-cover with foil, and bake for 30 minutes.
-remove foil, sprinkle cheeses on top, and bake for an additional 10 minutes (uncovered) until cheese is melted.

This recipe made enough for 3 adults and a preschooler, and about one serving of leftovers... So I would definitely double it if you want to serve 6 adults. You could make one with hot salsa, and one with medium if you want. But it was really good! I served mine with green onions, sour cream, and olives on top. :)

I only make meat filled shells. Brown & crumble half ground meat, half hot bulk sausage. I use a pound of each. Drain any fat. Sprinkle in about a cup of seasoned breadcrumbs. You might also add some cooked spinach.
Boil & drain shells.
Stuff with meat mixture.
Cover with tomato sauce (not spaghetti sauce!)
Bake for about 45 min.
Can top with shredded mozzarella before baking.