Creamy Baked Dish
Time: 1 hours
Serving Size: 7
Ingredients
Vegetables (any of the following): 1/2 red onion sliced, 1/2 pack of mushrooms (sliced), 1/2 cup broccolini, 1/4 cup shredded carrots, 1 zucchini sliced (half moon), 1/2 bell pepper (finely diced)
Sauce: 1 bag of spinach, 1 bottle of Rao’s (arrabiata or marinara), https://www.tankcookbook.com/pasta-sauces/whitesauce
Pasta: Penne - according to serving size
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Pasta - 10 min
- Boil water with salt. 
- Once It is boiling, add in penne - cook slightly less than instructed (al dente) 
- Once the penne has boiled, save 1/3 cup pasta water and drain noodles. 
Veggies - 20 min
- Wash & cut vegetables. 
- Add rinsed mushrooms to a pan on med/high heat with lemon juice. 
- Cook until excess water is gone and add olive oil. 
- Add in the broccolini, onions, bell peppers, carrots, zucchini, and garlic- add oil as needed. - Switch to med heat. 
 
- Cook for 5 minutes. 
Sauces - 10 min
- Add olive oil to a pan with some red pepper flakes. Add in 1 bag of chopped spinach. Cook until all of It is sauteed. 
- Add in 1 bottle of Rao’s - add red pepper flakes to taste. Let It cook for a couple minutes. 
- Make this white sauce recipe: https://www.tankcookbook.com/pasta-sauces/whitesauce 
Assemble & Bake: 20 min
- Get a baking dish: spray bottom with oil. 
- Add spinach/ Rao’s sauce. 
- Mix the white sauce, vegetables, & pasta water to penne noodles. - Add on top of the red sauce layer in the pan. Do not mix. 
- Drizzle any leftover white sauce on top. 
 
- Top the noodles with shredded mozzarella cheese. 
- Cover with foil & bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. (will cook the noodles more) 
- Once the cheese starts melting - broil the cheese to golden brown. 
- Serve with garlic bread and sriracha, & enjoy :) 
 
                         
                  
                    
                