Southwest Pasta Bake
Southwest Pasta Bake

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To get started 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 that.

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. Make ready 1 packages 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Dried oregano
  6. Prepare 1 lb Lean ground beef (90% lean)
  7. Take 2 clove Garlic, minced
  8. Take 16 oz Picante sauce
  9. Get 1 can 8 ounce tomato sauce
  10. Prepare 1 can 6 ounce tomato paste
  11. Prepare 2 tsp Chili powder
  12. Get 1 tsp Ground Cumin
  13. Get 1 cup 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
  14. Take 1 can 2 and 1/4 ounces sliced ripe olives, drained
  15. Prepare 1/4 cup Sliced green onions
Steps 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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