- prep: 15 min
- cook: 1 hr
- total: 1 hr 15 min
Summary
Growing up, this was the meal I always wanted on my birthday. Mother made the sauce from scratch, but I use store-bought spaghetti sauce to save time. Replace the ground beef with Italian sausage if you want more spice. —Deb Morrison, Skiatook, Oklahoma
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper, divided
- 1 pound medium pasta shells, cooked and drained
- 4 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
- 3 cups 4% cottage cheese
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
- 1 jar (24 ounces) pasta sauce
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 629 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 29 g 44.96%
- Saturated Fat: 13 g 66.85%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 92 mg 30.56%
- Sodium: 884 mg 36.82%
- Calcium: 534 mg 53.4%
- Potassium: 376 mg 10.73%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 17.63%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 50 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 8.89%
- Sugar: 7 g
- Protein: 39 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 14.15%
- Vitamin C 1.4%
- Vitamin D 2.72%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat4
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat5
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy2 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total2 oz-eq