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Veggie Baked Rigatoni Recipe


Veggie Baked Rigatoni Recipe
I like to play around with different baked pasta recipes. This one has spinach, pepper and soy crumbles cooked into the sauce and baked. Yum!

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Ingredients
  • 2 1/4 cups whole wheat rigatoni (can use ziti or penne)
  • Sauce
  • 15 oz can organic tomato sauce (used Muir Glenn)
  • 1/8 cup shredded fresh basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to season sauce to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen chopped spinach (no need to thaw)
  • 1 cup soy crumbles (used morning star grillers recipe)
  • 2/3 cup frozen bell pepper strips (mixed bag of red, yellow and green)
  • 3 tablespoons parmesean cheese and a bit more to sprinkle on top of dish
  • 3/4 cup shredded part skim mozerella cheese

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Prepare pasta in salted boiling water to al dente and set aside
  3. Meanwhile prepare the sauce
  4. In a sauce pan combine tomato sauce, basil, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, salt and pepper, spinach, peppers and soy crumbles.
  5. Simmer and stir fro 10-15 minutes (while pasta is cooking)
  6. Stir in parmesean cheese
  7. In a 2 quart baking dish combine sauce and pasta and mix together well.
  8. Stir in 1/4 cup of mozerella cheese in with the pasta
  9. Top the pasta with remaining 1/2 cup of mozerella cheese and a sprinkling of parmesean
  10. Bake for 15 minutes in 350 degree oven until cheese has melted
  11. Let sit 5 minute before serving

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