Fire up those ovens: It's baked pasta season. Pasta is good, but as the weather gets cooler, nothing quite says comfort like digging into a bubbling, cheesy casserole dish full of baked pasta. Dive right into these comforting pasta bakes from your favorite Food Network chefs.

Ingredients of Baked Pasta

  1. You need 1 lb of any Whole Wheat Pasta.
  2. You need 1 lb of Ground Beef.
  3. Prepare 48 oz of Spaghetti Sauce.
  4. You need 8 oz of Italian Blend or Mozzarella Cheese.

Baked Pasta instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°..
  2. Heat sauce on low..
  3. While browning ground beef (seasoned with garlic salt and pepper), bring a pan of water to a strong boil..
  4. Add pasta to water and reduce heat to medium. Drain meat when fully cooked..
  5. Add meat to sauce..
  6. Combine sauce and cooked pasta in 8x11 or 9x13 baking dish. Top with cheese..
  7. Bake for about 10 minutes..

Warm and filling, pasta bakes are the perfect quick fix to mid-week meal dilemmas. Go for streamlined simplicity with a classic such as macaroni cheese, or throw in leftovers from the weekend and surprise. Combine Parmesan and mozzarella to give this pasta bake its Italian appeal. A collection of delicious baked pasta recipes from Italy including vegetarian, seafood and meat pasta al forno, perfect for when you have guests! Chicken and mushroom pasta bake (Spaghetti tetrazzini).

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