Monster Mouth Stuffed Shells

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 pound ground meat (Impossible ground beef)
• 2 medium plum tomatoes, chopped and seeded
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 slices cheddar cheese, chopped
• 1/2 package (12 ounces) jumbo pasta shells (about 18 shells)

Ingredients for Decoration

• baby carrots, for eyes
• green olives, for eyes
• red bell pepper, for teeth
• small dill pickles, for tongue
• cheese slice, for teeth

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF
2. Lightly grease 13x9 inch baking dish
3. Bring a pot of water to boil and cook pasta shells per direction on box
   • 1/2 package (12 ounces) shells (about 18 shells)
4. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender.
   • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
   • 1 medium onion
5. Add ground meat. Cook and stir about 5 minutes or until meat is no longer pink
   • 1 pound ground meat
6. Stir in tomatoes, salt, and pepper
   • 2 medium plum tomatoes
   • 1/2 teaspoon salt
   • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
7. Stir chopped cheese into meat mixture
   • 4 slices cheddar cheese
8. Spoon meat mixture into cooked shells and place them in the prepared baking dish
9. Bake shells for 3 to 5 minutes or until shells are hot.
10. Decorate as desired
    • Cut carrots into very thin strips. Cut small slit into olives. Poke 1 end of thin carrot strips into olives for eyes
    • Cut red bell pepper into fang shapes
    • Slice pickles lengthwise into tongue shape
    • Cut cheese slices into zigzag pattern for teeth

Footnotes

Source: [fbnr Halloween FUn Magazine, 2002] page 5