Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare 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 favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Southwest Pasta Bake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Southwest Pasta Bake:

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