Cheesy Monster Eyes

Get creative with dinner! Serve these pasta shells baked with three types of cheese and meatballs to resemble monster faces – perfect if you like Italian cuisine.

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Prep Time 35 min
Total Time 1 hr 30 min
Servings 6

Ingredients

18: jumbo pasta shells (from 12-oz package)

1: jar (26 to 28 oz) tomato pasta sauce

1: egg, slightly beaten

1: container (15 oz) ricotta cheese

1: cup shredded mozzarella cheese (4 oz)

1/4: cup grated Parmesan cheese

2: teaspoons dried basil leaves

1/4: teaspoon garlic powder

18: frozen cooked Italian-style meatballs (from 16-oz bag)

4: to 6 pitted ripe olives, sliced

: Red bell pepper, lettuce, sugar snap peas, green grapes, and green onions if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook pasta as directed on package; drain. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain well.
2 Meanwhile, reserve 1 tablespoon pasta sauce; pour remaining sauce into baking dish. In medium bowl, mix egg, ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, the basil and garlic powder.
3 Fill each cooked pasta shell with about 2 tablespoons cheese mixture. Arrange filled shells, cheese mixture up, in dish over sauce. Press 1 meatball into cheese mixture in each shell to resemble eye.
4 Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Use drop of reserved pasta sauce to attach ripe olive slice to each meatball to resemble pupil of eye. To create a face, arrange eyes on each plate with red pepper mouth, grape nose, lettuce and sugar snap peas eyebrows and green onion hair.