Beef / Pork

Ham and Pasta Casserole is for Dinner.

Ham and Pasta Casserole takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Ham and Pasta Casserole takes 30 minutes to cook.

Ham and Pasta Casserole makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Ham and Pasta Casserole are:

10 oz. whole wheat pasta
1 cup light or fat free sour cream
1 can light cream of mushroom soup
2 cups cubed ham - low sodium preferably
1/2 cup shredded low fat or fat free mozzarella cheese
2 T Dijon mustard
Garlic and/or Onion Powder and pepper to your liking
1 T dried parsley

TOPPING: 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
1 T dried parsley

I lightened the recipe by using Aldi's Fit & Active Cream of mushroom soup and their Fit & Active String Cheese in place of the mozzarella cheese. Used my electric chopper and diced 4 string cheese which gave me almost 1 cup of shredded cheese. The ham was also leftover ham that I had frozen so that almost all of the fat was cut off of the ham pieces. The ham chunk that I purchase if I don't have leftover is the low sodium ham from the deli and they will cut a nice chunk instead of slices.

Here is how you make Ham and Pasta Casserole:

Cook the pasta til al dente then drain well in colander. Preheat oven 350 degrees and spray a 2 quart casserole dish. Mix together ham, sour cream, soup, 1/2 c of cheese, mustard and parsley til combined. You can also add any other spice mix that you like - sometimes I add Italian Seasoning (2 tsp). Fold in the pasta.. Spoon into prepared casserole; sprinkle with remaining cheese, whole wheat bread crumbs and parsley.Bake til hot & topping has browned slightly - approximately 30 minutes. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving.Makes 6 1.5 cups servings Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user GRAMTO2.

The nutritional information for Ham and Pasta Casserole is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 229.9

• Total Fat: 11.3 g
• Cholesterol: 41.7 mg
• Sodium: 757.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 19.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
• Protein: 13.1 g