Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, southwest pasta bake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Southwest Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Southwest Pasta Bake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have southwest pasta bake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve 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. Take 1/2 cup Milk
4. Get 1 packages 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry
5. Get 1 tsp Dried oregano
6. Prepare 1 lb Lean ground beef (90% lean)
7. Make ready 2 clove Garlic, minced
8. Get 16 oz Picante sauce
9. Take 1 can 8 ounce tomato sauce
10. Get 1 can 6 ounce tomato paste
11. Take 2 tsp Chili powder
12. Make ready 1 tsp Ground Cumin
13. Make ready 1 cup 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
14. Take 1 can 2 and 1/4 ounces sliced ripe olives, drained
15. Take 1/4 cup Sliced green onions

Instructions 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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