One-Pot Cheesy Pasta Bake

Name: One-Pot Cheesy Pasta Bake
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4 (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 cup chopped onion; 8 ounces 90% lean ground beef; ¾ teaspoon dried oregano; 1 ¼ cups unsalted chicken stock; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon black pepper; 1 ½ cups unsalted crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce; 8 ounces uncooked whole-grain penne pasta; 5 ounces fresh baby spinach; 4 ounces preshredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (about 1 cup)

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This easy skillet pasta bake is a surefire family hit. Pasta and meat sauce topped with mozzarella cheese will make everyone at the table happy, and the all-in-one-pot technique will have the cook smiling pretty. Cooking the pasta in the meat sauce not only lessens the amount of dishes you have to do and the time it takes to get dinner done, but the starches in the pasta thicken the sauce—without you having to do a single extra thing.

By Ann Taylor Pittman

Recipe by Cooking Light September 2016

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Recipe Summary

active:

18 mins

total:

30 mins

Yield:

Serves 4 (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups)

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Preheat broiler to high. Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high. Add onion; sauté 2 minutes. Add beef and oregano; cook 3 minutes, stirring to crumble.

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Step 2
Add stock, salt, pepper, tomatoes, and pasta; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 12 to 13 minutes or until pasta is done. Stir in spinach.
Step 3
Sprinkle cheese over pasta mixture. Place pan in oven; broil 2 minutes or until cheese melts and begins to brown.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

457 calories; fat 16.6g; saturated fat 5.9g; mono fat 6.3g; poly fat 0.8g; protein 31g; carbohydrates 52g; fiber 9g; cholesterol 52mg; iron 7mg; sodium 598mg; calcium 281mg; sugars 8g.

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daneanp

09/27/2016

Great to throw together on a busy work night. Can easily change up the ground beef for turkey or chicken, add in some chopped green chilies or jalapenos, and the cheese could be just about anything you want. I did add some minced garlic to the onion and red pepper flakes at the end to give it a little zip tonight, but otherwise prepared to the recipe. Would make again.

Tyler

08/23/2016

Easy to make, didn't take long. Also added garlic, basil, etc. Used more sauce than in the recipe but I like my pasta wet.

Denisereid

08/18/2016

Added some garlic and red pepper flakes, used mini penne.

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