Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake
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- Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
4 oz Fibre Gourmet Low Calorie Fusilli or Penne8 oz cremini mushrooms, diced6 oz zucchini or summer squash, cut into matchsticks3 cups Healthy Choice Diced Tomatoes, Onion and Garlic pasta sauce2 cloves garlic, minced1/2 tsp dried basil1/2 tsp dried oreganodash cayenne pepper5 oz baby spinach, steamed (or 1/2 a 10-oz box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained)1 cup nonfat cottage cheese1/2 tsp black pepper2 oz Galaxy vegan mozzarella "cheese", shredded
Preheat oven to 350F, lightly grease an 8" square pan.
In a pot of salted, boiling water, cook pasta 5 minutes (it will still be firm). Drain and set aside.
In a non-stick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute mushrooms and zucchini until tender and browned, about 7-8 minutes.
Stir vegetables into the sauce along with garlic, basil, oregano and cayenne pepper.
Add the noodles and stir well.
Spread half the noodle-vegetable mixture into the pan.
In another bowl, combine spinach, cottage cheese and black pepper until well combined.
Pour the entire cheese mixture on top of the noodles and top with remaining pasta mixture.
Bake, uncovered, 35 minutes.
Sprinkle vegan mozzarella "cheese" overtop and broil 5 minutes.
Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
In a pot of salted, boiling water, cook pasta 5 minutes (it will still be firm). Drain and set aside.
In a non-stick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute mushrooms and zucchini until tender and browned, about 7-8 minutes.
Stir vegetables into the sauce along with garlic, basil, oregano and cayenne pepper.
Add the noodles and stir well.
Spread half the noodle-vegetable mixture into the pan.
In another bowl, combine spinach, cottage cheese and black pepper until well combined.
Pour the entire cheese mixture on top of the noodles and top with remaining pasta mixture.
Bake, uncovered, 35 minutes.
Sprinkle vegan mozzarella "cheese" overtop and broil 5 minutes.
Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 231.9
- Total Fat: 2.1 g
- Cholesterol: 5.0 mg
- Sodium: 906.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 46.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 16.6 g
- Protein: 18.1 g
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