Vegetarian

Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake is for Dinner.

Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake takes 50 minutes to cook.

Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake are:

4 oz Fibre Gourmet Low Calorie Fusilli or Penne
8 oz cremini mushrooms, diced
6 oz zucchini or summer squash, cut into matchsticks
3 cups Healthy Choice Diced Tomatoes, Onion and Garlic pasta sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried oregano
dash cayenne pepper
5 oz baby spinach, steamed (or 1/2 a 10-oz box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained)
1 cup nonfat cottage cheese
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 oz Galaxy vegan mozzarella "cheese", shredded

Here is how you make Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake:

Preheat oven to 350F, lightly grease an 8" square pan. In a pot of salted, boiling water, cook pasta 5 minutes (it will still be firm). Drain and set aside. In a non-stick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute mushrooms and zucchini until tender and browned, about 7-8 minutes. Stir vegetables into the sauce along with garlic, basil, oregano and cayenne pepper.Add the noodles and stir well. Spread half the noodle-vegetable mixture into the pan.In another bowl, combine spinach, cottage cheese and black pepper until well combined.Pour the entire cheese mixture on top of the noodles and top with remaining pasta mixture. Bake, uncovered, 35 minutes. Sprinkle vegan mozzarella "cheese" overtop and broil 5 minutes.Let sit for 5 minutes before serving. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 231.9

• Total Fat: 2.1 g
• Cholesterol: 5.0 mg
• Sodium: 906.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 46.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 16.6 g
• Protein: 18.1 g

Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Diet - Friendly Pasta Bake is Vegetarian