Baked Pasta With Spinach
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- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 8 ounces penne pasta, uncooked
- 3 cups spaghetti sauce (homemade best(jarred okay)
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened (low fat okay)
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 dash nutmeg
- salt and pepper
- 1 1⁄2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
directions
- Cook pasta in rapidly boiling water until done.
- Meanwhile whisk cream cheese and milk until smooth.
- Add spinach and Parmesan cheese to cream cheese mixture--stir to combine.
- Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper (set aside).
- Drain cooked pasta and mix with spaghetti sauce.
- Layer half the pasta in a 9x13 baking dish---spread cream cheese mixture over pasta layer.
- Top with remaining pasta.
- Cover with foil and bake in a 350°F oven for 30 minutes.
- Remove foil sprinkle with mozzarella and bake an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Richard-NYC
United States