Creamy Pasta Casserole recipe

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Ingredients

1 (12 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (24 ounce) jar pasta sauce
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 pound ground beef
1 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Nutrition Info

400.7 calories
carbohydrate: 44.5 g
cholesterol: 57.1 mg
fat: 16.1 g
fiber: 4 g
protein: 19.6 g
saturatedFat: 7.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 465.1 mg
sugar: 9.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bow-tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes, drain and return pasta to pot. Melt cream cheese into the pasta. Stir pasta sauce, Italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes into the pasta mixture.

  3. Heat a skillet over medium heat. Break ground beef into small pieces and add to the skillet, cook and stir until some of the fat has rendered, 2 to 3 minutes. Add onion and garlic to the beef, continue cooking until the ground beef is completely browned, about 5 minutes more. Stir beef mixture into the pasta mixture.

  4. Pour pasta-and-beef mixture into a 3-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the dish.

  5. Bake in preheated oven until the mozzarella cheese melts, 5 to 10 minutes.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This easy meal uses cream cheese to add an extra creamy texture to ingredients that are usually on hand. Quick and delicious!

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