Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Quick Southwest Pasta Bake

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, southwest pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook southwest pasta bake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Southwest Pasta Bake:

1. Prepare Uncooked penne pasta
2. Get 8 ounce fat free cream cheese, cubed
3. Take Milk
4. Get 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry
5. Get Dried oregano
6. Make ready Lean ground beef (90% lean)
7. Prepare Garlic, minced
8. Take Picante sauce
9. Get 8 ounce tomato sauce
10. Prepare 6 ounce tomato paste
11. Make ready Chili powder
12. Get Ground Cumin
13. Take 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
14. Take 2 and 1/4 ounces sliced ripe olives, drained
15. Make ready Sliced green onions

Instructions to make Southwest Pasta Bake:

1. Cook pasta as directed. Meanwhile in a small bowl beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in milk. stir in spinach and oregano, set aside.
2. In a skillet cook steve until meat is no longer pink. add garlic, cook 1 minute longer, drain.
3. Stir in picante sauce, tomato sauce, tomato paste, chili powder and cumin bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes. Drain pasta, stir into meat mixture.
5. 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.
6. 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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