Stuffed Shells with sausage and spinach-easy!

Ingredients

• 16-18 jumbo pasta shells
• 1 pound fresh Italian sausage (can buy links and remove casing but I just bought the bulk 1lb package)
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes with the juice
• 1 cup frozen spinach, thawed and squeeze dry (or a few good handfuls of fresh spinach rough chopped)
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• Italian Seasoning

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and fill a large bowl with cold water and ice, set aside. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta shells and cook according to package directions. Drain well then add to ice water until ready to stuff.
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork sausage then use a wooden spoon to break up the sausage-like cooking ground beef, cook 5-6 minutes until browned.
3. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds then add tomatoes and spinach-I used fresh....easier but if you use frozen make sure the thawed frozen spinach has been squeezed dry-want the spinach not the water; cook 1 minute or until leaves are wilted down.  Add pepper and Italian seasoning to taste. Remove pan from heat and stir in ricotta cheese.
4. Using a spoon, fill pasta shells with pork filling and arrange in a baking dish (9-inch x 9-inch baking dish works well). Sprinkle tops with shredded cheese then bake in the oven 25-30 minutes until cheese has melted and tips of shells begin to crisp and brown.
5. Wonderful!