delish baked penne dish

 

Every Tuesday I make dinner for friends and I always like to try new dishes. To get some ideas, I paged through our Six O'Clock Scramble cook book and this tasty dish caught my eye.

12 ounces penne pasta

1 pound Italian sausage

1 medium onion chopped

1.5 teaspoons minced garlic

1 28oz can diced peeled tomatoes with their juice

1 7oz container of refrigerated prepared pesto sauce

1 6oz bag of baby spinach

8oz shredded mozzarella cheese

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Cook the pasta according to the package directions and drain.  Meanwhile, brown sausage and add onion & garlic (10 minutes)  Add tomatoes with their juice and simmer until sauce thickens (10 minutes)  Stir in pesto.

Preheat oven to 375* and spray a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.  Combine pasta, spinach and mozzarella cheese and 1/3 cup of the Parmesan cheese in the baking dish.  Gently stir in the tomato/meat sauce.  Sprinkle 2/3 cup of Parmesan cheese over the casserole.

Bake 30 minutes until sauce bubbles and cheese melts.

Enjoy with garlic bread and favorite salad.

 

It's pretty cool how this book is set up – there are actually 52 weeks of recipes that are categorized by the season and if you want to make a certain week of recipes, you can even download the grocery list at thescramble.com.  Even O, Oprah Magazine said, "Creative, healthy, unprocessed, and kid friendly without being adult-alienating… a whole new kind of happy meal."

I can't wait to see what else I can cook up with this handy recipe book.

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