Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, southwest pasta bake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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This Southwest Pasta Bake was a huge hit with the kids! You could also double the recipe, bake it, and stick it in the freezer for another day or for a. Here's what you need: fusilli pasta, corn, black beans, cooked chicken, alfredo sauce, taco seasoning, monterey jack cheese, cheddar cheese, fresh cilantro.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook southwest pasta bake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Southwest Pasta Bake:
- Get 8 oz Uncooked penne pasta
- Make ready 1 packages 8 ounce fat free cream cheese, cubed
- Make ready 1/2 cup Milk
- Get 1 packages 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry
- Get 1 tsp Dried oregano
- Take 1 lb Lean ground beef (90% lean)
- Take 2 clove Garlic, minced
- Make ready 16 oz Picante sauce
- Get 1 can 8 ounce tomato sauce
- Get 1 can 6 ounce tomato paste
- Make ready 2 tsp Chili powder
- Get 1 tsp Ground Cumin
- Take 1 cup 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
- Get 1 can 2 and 1/4 ounces sliced ripe olives, drained
- Make ready 1/4 cup Sliced green onions
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Steps to make Southwest Pasta Bake:
- Cook pasta as directed. Meanwhile in a small bowl beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in milk. stir in spinach and oregano, set aside.
- In a skillet cook steve until meat is no longer pink. add garlic, cook 1 minute longer, drain.
- Stir in picante sauce, tomato sauce, tomato paste, chili powder and cumin bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes. Drain pasta, stir into meat mixture.
- Coat a 13 inch by 9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. layer half of the meat mixture and all of the spinach mixture. Top with remaining meat mixture.
- Cover and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. uncover sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with olives and onions, and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
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