Italian Baked Penne
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- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
Homemade Marinara*4 (8 oz) cans of Hunts No Salt Added Tomato Sauce*1 (6 oz) can of Hunts Tomato Paste*1/4 cup Swanson's 100% fat free - 33% less sodium chicken broth*1 tsp dried basil2 tbsp minced garlic1/4 cup Kraft reduced fat parmesan cheeseCheese Mixture*3/4 cup of Lowfat Cottage Cheese (1% milkfat)*2 tbsp chopped chives*1/4 cup egg beaters, egg substitute*1-3/4 cup package of Kraft Fat Free Mozzarella Cheese (1/2 of package)Meat Mixture*1 pound 93% lean ground turkey*1/2 cup chopped onion*1/2 cup chopped green pepperPasta*7 oz Barilla Whole Wheat Penne (cooked & drained)
Yeilds 8 servings
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13 x 9 pan with cooking spray.
As you boil your noodles begin to brown the ground turkey. During last 5 minutes, add in chopped peppers and onions. While turkey continues to cook, mix tomato sauce, tomato paste, chicken broth, parmesan cheese, basil and garlic together in a medium bowl. Drain turkey mixture and return to the frying pan, adding the marinara sauce. Reduce heat and simmer. Drain pasta.
In a bowl mix together the cottage cheese, chives, egg beaters and 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese.
In prepared 13 x 9 pan, layer 1/3 of the sauce & meat mixture, then 1/2 of pasta, and all of cheese mixture. Add into the pan, 1/3 of sauce mixture, remaining pasta and top off with the rest of sauce. Pour remaining mozzarella cheese over top and bake uncovered for 45 minutes.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user 2GR8KIDZ.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13 x 9 pan with cooking spray.
As you boil your noodles begin to brown the ground turkey. During last 5 minutes, add in chopped peppers and onions. While turkey continues to cook, mix tomato sauce, tomato paste, chicken broth, parmesan cheese, basil and garlic together in a medium bowl. Drain turkey mixture and return to the frying pan, adding the marinara sauce. Reduce heat and simmer. Drain pasta.
In a bowl mix together the cottage cheese, chives, egg beaters and 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese.
In prepared 13 x 9 pan, layer 1/3 of the sauce & meat mixture, then 1/2 of pasta, and all of cheese mixture. Add into the pan, 1/3 of sauce mixture, remaining pasta and top off with the rest of sauce. Pour remaining mozzarella cheese over top and bake uncovered for 45 minutes.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user 2GR8KIDZ.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 302.0
- Total Fat: 5.7 g
- Cholesterol: 49.0 mg
- Sodium: 633.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 21.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.9 g
- Protein: 25.7 g
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