Southwest Pasta Bake
Southwest Pasta Bake

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, southwest pasta bake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Southwest Pasta Bake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Southwest Pasta Bake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

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 begin with this recipe, we must first 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:
  1. Take 8 oz Uncooked penne pasta
  2. Make ready 1 packages 8 ounce fat free cream cheese, cubed
  3. Get 1/2 cup Milk
  4. Prepare 1 packages 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Dried oregano
  6. Take 1 lb Lean ground beef (90% lean)
  7. Take 2 clove Garlic, minced
  8. Make ready 16 oz Picante sauce
  9. Prepare 1 can 8 ounce tomato sauce
  10. Prepare 1 can 6 ounce tomato paste
  11. Prepare 2 tsp Chili powder
  12. Make ready 1 tsp Ground Cumin
  13. Get 1 cup 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
  14. Get 1 can 2 and 1/4 ounces sliced ripe olives, drained
  15. Get 1/4 cup Sliced green onions

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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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