Recipe of Homemade Southwest Pasta Bake

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, southwest pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Southwest Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Southwest Pasta Bake is something which I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Southwest Pasta Bake:

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