This is a great recipe for the cheese lover.
It requires a no-salt-added marinara sauce. Try it with our Low-sodium Very Simple Marinara Sauce recipe.
- 12 uncooked jumbo shells
- 1 tsp Mrs Dash Original Seasoning blend
- ½ cup ricotta cheese
- ⅔ cup grated mozzarella cheese
- ⅛ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ¼ teaspoon Mrs Dash Original Seasoning blend
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil or 1 tsp chopped dried basil
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1½ cup no-salt-added marinara sauce (see recipe)
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add 1 tsp Mrs Dash Original Seasoning blend and 12 uncooked jumbo shells. Cook the shells for 10 minutes. Drain and let cool.
- In a large bowl, mix together the ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, ¼ tsp Mrs Dash, basil, and egg.
- Spread ¼ cup sauce on the bottom of the casserole dish. Stuff each shell with some of the ricotta mixture and place in the casserole dish so each shell is next to the other shells with no space between them. Top with remaining sauce. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another10 minutes.
According to our estimates, one serving of this recipe will contain 144 mg of sodium.
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. 108mg of sodium per serving implies that this recipe provides:
– 6% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 10% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 14% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
