How to Make Award-winning Southwest Pasta Bake

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Southwest Pasta Bake is 8 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Southwest Pasta Bake estimated approx 1 hour.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have Southwest Pasta Bake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Southwest Pasta Bake:

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

Instructions to make 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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