Lasagna Bites

Wow your dinner guests with these lasagna appetizer bites: pasta shells stuffed with a quick Bolognese sauce, parsley, and cream cheese.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 150 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup spaghetti sauce
• ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste
• 1 pinch Italian seasoning, or to taste
• 1 pinch dried parsley, or to taste
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
• 15 shells jumbo pasta shells

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

Step 2

Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef, garlic salt, dried parsley, and Italian seasoning. Cook and stir until beef is browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in spaghetti sauce. Reduce heat to low and cook until sauce is thickened and resembles a Bolognese, 15 to 20 minutes.

Step 3

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add oil. Cook pasta shells in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 9 minutes. Transfer shells to a baking dish and let cool briefly.

Step 4

Scoop cream cheese into the bottom of the pasta shells. Scoop sauce over the cream cheese. Sprinkle with feta cheese and parsley.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is browned, about 15 minutes.