Reduced-Fat Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce

Name: Reduced-Fat Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 ounces, 93 percent lean ground beef; 1 tablespoon, soy sauce; 3 (14.5-ounce) cans, diced tomatoes; 1 tablespoon, olive oil; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 2 tablespoons, tomato paste; 3 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 cup, finely chopped fresh basil; , Salt; 1 , (12-ounce) box jumbo pasta shells; 12 , saltines, broken into pieces; 2 1/2 cups, fat-free cottage cheese, drained if necessary; 8 ounces, part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (2 cups); 1 ounce, Parmesan cheese, grated (1/2 cup); 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh basil; 2 , garlic cloves, minced

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

When beef and cheese are the star ingredients, cutting the fat and calories is a daunting challenge.

SERVES6

TIME2¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Fat-free cottage cheese mimicked the smooth texture of full-fat ricotta in our Reduced-Fat Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce. We found that part-skim mozzarella offered plenty of flavor with fewer calories. Our calorie-cutting changes left the...

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