What's For Dinner?

Tonight for dinner I tried a new recipe which included 2 of my favorite things, sweet potatoes and cheese. I made sweet potato stuffed shells with home made alfredo sauce. This was delicious people. It was almost like a sweet potato ravioli. Here is the recipe and I highly recommend trying this!

Directions:

.......Cook shells according to package directions and rinse with cold water

......Bake sweet potatoes until soft and allow to cool

........In a bowl add aprox, 2 cups of ricotta, 1/3 cup parmesan cheese,  1 fresh smashed garlic clove,  1/4 cup frozen chopped spinach ( squeezed and drained)  1 egg,  salt, pepper,  your cooled down sweet potatoes, around 2 cups,  and grated lemon peel. The lemon peel was key to this dish and added a nice bright flavor.

........Stuff the shells with the mixture and place in a buttered baking dish

.......Place your shells in a 400F oven until heated through around 20-25 minutes. When finished spoon your warm sage sauce all over and sprinkle with grated parmesan.

Guiltless Alfredo Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 Tablespoon All-purpose Flour
• 1-⅓ cup 1% Low-fat Milk
• 1-¼ cup (5 Oz.) Grated Fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese, Divided (Don't Skimp Here - Use The REAL Thing!)
• 2 Tablespoons 1/3-less Fat Cream Cheese (Neufchâtel Cheese)
• ½ teaspoons Salt (less If You're Using Salted Butter, Remember The Parm Cheese Is Salty Too)
• ⅛ teaspoons Garlic Powder
• ⅛ teaspoons Grated Nutmeg
• Cracked Black Pepper

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until bubbling. Stir in flour, and cook 1 minute. Gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk. (Slowly add milk, so it doesn’t clump.) Cook until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Add cream cheese, salt, garlic powder, nutmeg and pepper. Turn off heat and add 1 cup Parmigiano cheese, stirring with a whisk until cheese melts. Toss sauce with hot pasta. Garnish with remaining Parmigiano, black pepper and the optional parsley. 

I follwed the directions completely but I think next time I will add a little sauce into the pan while the shells are cooking because the ended up getting a bit dry. The flavor was superb though.

Enjoy! ~Kim