Cheesy Pasta Bake
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- Minutes to Cook:
- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 cup Fat Free Mozzarella 2 cup Spaghetti/Marinara Sauce (tomato sauce) 2 cup Noodles: Rigatoni (Le Veneziane - Gluten, Wheat, Dairy Free) 15 oz Ricotta Cheese, part skim milk 1 cup Spinach, frozen 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil .5 unit, cooked (yield from 1 lb Ground Beef (extra lean) .5 cup pieces Mushrooms, fresh
Preheat over to 360
-Chop up mushrooms in food processor
-Brown beef, when cooked through add seasoning (basil, pepper, salt, and oregano is what I used) and chopped up mushrooms and add marinara sauce leaving a few tablespoons for the pasta
-Boil Pasta (make sure NOT to overcook, a little under is better) and drain-Add olive oil and a little marinara sauce to moist
-Drain spinach and try to get out as much of the water as possible, mix with ricotta and add to plastic bag. Cut a whole in the corner of the bag so you can squeeze the mixture out
-Put a layer of marinara meat mixture in the bottom of a pan
-put a layer of the pasta
-Put dollops of the ricotta mixture over the pasta
-Put a layer of mozzarella cheese
-Repeat layers
-Cover with foil
-Put in oven for 15 minutes
-Take off foil and put back in for 10 min
Serving Size: makes 6 servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BRIANASTEELMAN.
-Chop up mushrooms in food processor
-Brown beef, when cooked through add seasoning (basil, pepper, salt, and oregano is what I used) and chopped up mushrooms and add marinara sauce leaving a few tablespoons for the pasta
-Boil Pasta (make sure NOT to overcook, a little under is better) and drain-Add olive oil and a little marinara sauce to moist
-Drain spinach and try to get out as much of the water as possible, mix with ricotta and add to plastic bag. Cut a whole in the corner of the bag so you can squeeze the mixture out
-Put a layer of marinara meat mixture in the bottom of a pan
-put a layer of the pasta
-Put dollops of the ricotta mixture over the pasta
-Put a layer of mozzarella cheese
-Repeat layers
-Cover with foil
-Put in oven for 15 minutes
-Take off foil and put back in for 10 min
Serving Size: makes 6 servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BRIANASTEELMAN.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 336.8
- Total Fat: 15.3 g
- Cholesterol: 44.8 mg
- Sodium: 699.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 28.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
- Protein: 24.0 g
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