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Easy pasta bake

4
Total Time
1 hr
Prep
15 min
Cook
45 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Moderate
Member recipe by Sarah Van Dyke. Learn how to make pasta bake with this easy turkey dish. It's high in protein and packed with sneaky vegies that the kids won't even notice.

Ingredients

olive oil

1 tsp

onion

1 medium, coarsely grated

garlic

3 clove(s), crushed

carrot(s)

2 medium, coarsely grated

zucchini

1 medium, coarsely grated

turkey breast mince

240 g

canned diced tomatoes

400 g, (1 x 400g can)

pasta

145 g, dried, elbow variety

fresh thyme

2 tsp, finely chopped, extra sprigs to serve

mozzarella

60 g, grated

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook onion, garlic, carrot and zucchini, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add mince and cook, breaking up any lumps with a spatula, for 5 minutes.
  2. Add tomatoes. Fill tomato can three-quarters full with water and add water to pan. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in pasta and thyme until well combined.
  3. Transfer pasta mixture to an 8-cup (4L) capacity baking dish and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 35 minutes or until cheese is golden and bubbling and pasta is cooked through. Stand for 5 minutes. Serve sprinkled with extra thyme sprigs.

Notes

TIP: To make turkey breast mince, place turkey breast steaks in a food processor. VARIATION: Add 2 tbs chopped fresh leaf parsley with thyme in Step 2 or swap turkey mince for 240g chicken breast mince in Step 1.

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