![]() These days, the sources for what pasta is made out of is almost as long as the list of shapes: white rice, brown rice, quinoa, corn, lentils, soy, and the list goes on. Spaghetti, macaroni, fusilli, rigatoni, farfalle, fettuccine linguine, penne, rigatoni - and that just makes up a small portion of the extensive list. The long list of pasta options is almost overwhelming. But pasta? Do you really have to give up your favorite Italian staple? You may have tossed your cereal boxes in the trash, donated the unopened boxes of rice, and given your last loaf of cinnamon raisin bread to your neighbors. In other words, the carbs in pasta will kick you out of ketosis almost every time and sabotage your weight loss efforts and overall health goals. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on the top and bake at 375 for 30 minutes.You’re in! Check your email to get started with the program. When the cheese mixture is used and the zucchini rolls have filled the dish, top it off with the remaining sauce. I even went back at the end and added more cheese mixture to the first three rolls. After getting 6 roll-ups done, I realized I was going to have WAY too much cheese mixture left over and started using more. I laid one zucchini slice on my hand length wise and put a spoon-full of cheese mixture at one end and then rolled it up and put it in the dish. You could just slice the zucchini very thin but it’s much easier using the Pampered Chef Simple Slicer!Īssemble the dish by putting a small amount of sauce in the bottom of a 9X13 baking dish. I cannot stress this enough, be very careful when using a mandolin slicer to do this, the circular guard did not fit over the zucchini length wise so I couldn’t use it. ![]() Next I sliced one medium zucchini really thin using a mandolin slicer set on the thinnest setting. Stir it up together really well using a rubber spatula. ![]() While that is simmering (or while your husband assembles the sauce in my case- lucky me!) create the cheese mixture by stirring together ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella with two eggs. If you want to keep it easy like me, then just brown a pound of hamburger and add some Prego! But you could certainly make your own tomato sauce to avoid that. I know that jarred pasta sauce is processed and may contain added sugar so that may not be keto-friendly. I brown ground beef and add jarred pasta sauce. Turns out the only ingredient I had on hand I didn’t end up using, but it’s ok because the result was delicious! I started thinking, what could I do to make stuffed shells low-carb? So I turned to the one vegetable you always turn to in order to replace pasta, zucchini! Follow along for a step by step of how to make my original stuffed shells recipe using zucchini instead of pasta. ![]() She mentioned to me that she had lost 7 pounds since Monday (Go Momma!!), when I shared that news with Cody he decided he wanted to nix carbs too. That week Mom started the ‘keto’ diet to both loose weight and help with her blood sugar levels. Then I got to talk to my mom after not being able to talk to her much during a busy week. As I put ‘stuffed shells’ on the menu for this week, I thought I would use that time to write down all measurements I use and take more pictures for the blog post. Now my family LOVES stuffed shells and it’s one of my dad and husbands favorite dishes! I make it every Christmas and took pictures while I was cooking them last Christmas to post a blog about it eventually. When I looked in my pantry I saw some shell pasta. This past Friday night I was thinking about the week ahead and what I would cook so that I could grocery shop when I got a free moment during the weekend. I like to save money and eliminate wastefulness where I can. Sometimes I like to meal plan by taking a look in my freezer and pantry to see what things I have on hand to work with, that way I have fewer ingredients to buy at the grocery store.
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