Sarah's easy pasta bake
4
Points®
Total time: 1 hr • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 45 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
In this comforting pasta bake recipe the pasta doesn’t require pre-cooking so it’s quick to prepare, leaving the oven to do the rest. Complete the meal by serving a leafy salad on the side for extra veg. Recipe by our WW Ambassador Sarah. Follow her on Instagram @sarahs_recipes.
Ingredients
Onion
1 medium, coarsely grated
Garlic
1 clove(s), crushed
Carrot(s)
2 medium, coarsely grated
Zucchini
1 medium, coarsely grated
Turkey breast mince
240 g
Canned diced tomatoes
1 400g can
Dry pasta
145 g, elbow variety
Fresh thyme
2 tsp, finely chopped, plus extra sprigs to serve
Grated mozzarella
½ cup(s), (60g)
Oil spray
1 x 3 second spray(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Heat a large saucepan over medium–high heat and lightly spray with oil. Cook onion, garlic, carrot and zucchini, stirring, for 5 minutes or until soft. Add mince and cook, stirring to break up lumps, for 5 minutes or until browned.
2
Stir in tomatoes. Half fill the tomato with water and add to pan. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in pasta and thyme until well combined.
3
Transfer pasta mixture to a 1.5L (6-cup) capacity baking dish and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is golden and pasta is tender. Stand for 5 minutes. Serve sprinkled with extra thyme sprigs.
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