Baked Mostaccioli Florentine
Ready In: 1 hr
Serves: 6-7
Ingredients
- 3 cups mostaccioli pasta or 3 cups other pastas, uncooked
- 3 cups spaghetti sauce
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1 (8 ounce) package low-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 1⁄4 cups frozen spinach, chopped,thawed and squeezed dry
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees; Cook pasta according to package directions for 7 minutes, drain.
- In a large bowl, stir together spaghetti sauce and water, stir in pasta; In a medium bowl, stir together cream cheese and milk until smooth, stir in spinach, Parmesan cheese and nutmeg.
- Spoon 1/2 of the pasta mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish; Spread cream cheese mixture over pasta; spoon remaining pasta mixture on top; Cover with release foil, bake 30 minutes; remove foil, sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese; bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
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