Stuffed Shell Alfredo Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (1 lb) package sweet Italian turkey sausage
2 (16 ounce) jars of your favorite prepared alfredo sauce
1 (14 ounce) package frozen broccoli florets
2 (14 ounce) cans artichoke bottoms
16 ounces low-fat ricotta cheese
1 (12 ounce) box jumbo pasta shells
1/4 cup Italian style breadcrumbs
1 large egg
salt and pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook Pasta shells according to package directions (al dente), drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, remove casings from turkey sausage, brown, making small chunks. Drain any fat and set sausage aside.
In Large mixing bowl, combine ricotta, egg, bread crumbs, salt and pepper.
Chop broccoli and artichoke bottoms into small pieces, add to cheese mixture.
Add browned sausage to the cheese and veggie mixture, make sure it's well combined.
In 13 X 9 baking dish, pour 1/2 of one jar of Alfredo sauce. Stuff shells with sausage/cheese/veggie mixture, place individual shells in baking dish, filling dish to capacity. You may have cooked shells left over, discard these.
Pour remaining alfredo sauce over the top of the shells, adding pepper to taste.
Bake at 350 degrees, for about 1 hour, until the top gets a little brown, and there are bubbles all around. Enjoy!