Jumbo Ground Beef Stuffed Shells - cooking recipe

Ingredients

18 jumbo pasta shells
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1 fine diced yellow bell pepper
1 fine diced sweet onion
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon season salt
salt and pepper
1 egg
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 (24 ounce) jar of prepared pasta sauce
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (5 ounce) can tomato paste
1/2 cup sugar
1 (1 1/2 ounce) package of dry spaghetti seasoning
1 teaspoon of chopped parsley

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook pasta according to package directions and cool.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet.
Brown ground beef with minced garlic, bell pepper, and onion. Drain and set aside.
Add garlic powder, season salt, salt and pepper, egg, breadcrumbs, and 2 cups of mozzarella to ground beef mixture.
In a large skillet, simmer sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar and spaghetti seasonings.
Pour half of the sauce mixture into the bottom of a large baking dish.
Drain pasta shells and place on top of the sauce.
Fill the shells with the ground beef mixture.
Top with mozarella and parsley.
Bake 25 minute.