Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Pasta Shells

I have never tried a stuffed pasta shells before and for some reason I just really felt like making some. I found a recipe online and of course made some changes to make them healthier. These are super yummy and husband approved. For 1 Weight Watcher Point per shell you can’t go wrong.

Ingredients

• 10 jumbo pasta shells
• 5 cups spinach leaves
• 1 small zucchini (chopped)
• ½ cup nonfat cottage cheese
• 1 egg white
• .5 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon low fat parmesan cheese
• 1 cup low sodium tomato sauce
• pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bring water to a boil and add pasta shells. Make sure they are a little under cooked and drain them. (They will finish cooking in the oven.)
3. In a bowl add spinach and zucchini and wilt by heating in the microwave for 1 – 1.5 minutes.
4. In a small bowl mix garlic powder, low fat parmesan cheese and egg white.
5. Add the cottage cheese and parmasan mixture to the spinach mixture.
6. Pour 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce in a baking pan.
7. Stuff the shells and put in baking pan.
8. Cover with rest of the tomato sauce.
9. Bake for 20 minutes.