OAMC Cheese & Chicken Shells

Submitted by AprilShowers

"From the cookbook Frozen Assets."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 casserole
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 12 jumbo pasta shells
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1⁄2 cup cottage cheese
• 1 cup chicken, cooked and shredded
• 1⁄2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1⁄2 cup carrot, grated
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• pepper, to taste
• 1 3⁄4 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup swiss cheese, grated
• 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg

directions

1. Prep day: In mixing bowl, combine beaten egg, cottage cheese, chicken, mozarella cheese, grated carrot, garlic, salt & pepper. Spoon into cooked pasta shells.
2. In medium saucepan, combine milk and cornstarch; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Add Swiss cheese and nutmeg. Stir until cheese is melted.
3. Place stuffed shells in freezer safe pan. Spoon sauce evenly over shells. Cover, label and freeze.
4. Serving day: Thaw completely the night before and bake at 350 for 1/2 an hour, or until heated through.

Reviews

[baxterjl02]

We made this in our OAMC group (3 families). It was very good! We just added a bit more pepper when it was served. In the directions, you did not mention when to add the chicken; so we did that in step #1.