Lightly Spiced Veggie Pasta Bake Family-friendly baked pasta can be made a day ahead and baked before dinner. A big hit in my I also added a few more spices for personal preference and used less chicken broth (I like the sauce Roasted Veggie Pasta Bake. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility. Make sure you use a vegetarian-friendly hard cheese if you're cooking for vegetarians.

Ingredients of Lightly Spiced Veggie Pasta Bake

  1. Prepare 1 of red onion, finely chopped.
  2. It's 150 g of button mushrooms sliced.
  3. You need 3 cloves of garlic finely sliced.
  4. You need 3 of small carrots sliced.
  5. Prepare 1 of pepper sliced.
  6. It's 150 g of sprouting broccoli each stem sliced to three pieces.
  7. Prepare 1 of courgette sliced.
  8. Prepare 1 of small tin broad beans drained.
  9. It's 1 of small tin sweetcorn drained.
  10. Prepare 50 g of vine tomatoes cut into quarters.
  11. Prepare 2 tins of chopped tomatoes.
  12. You need 300 g of fresh pasta, penne or rigatoni.
  13. You need 3 tsp of olive oil.
  14. It's 100 g of cheddar cheese grated.
  15. Prepare 100 g of mozzarella sliced or grated.
  16. Prepare 50 g of Parmesan finely grated.
  17. Prepare 50 g of Moroccan breadcrumbs.
  18. Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
  19. It's 1 tsp of chilli flakes.
  20. It's of Salt and pepper.

Lightly Spiced Veggie Pasta Bake instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200 (180 fan).
  2. Pour olive oil in large pan over medium heat, and add onions cooking for 2 mins, then add mushrooms and garlic. After five mins add carrots, pepper and vine tomatoes..
  3. Add tinned tomatoes plus water of one can to the pan, then add broccoli, courgette, broad beans and sweetcorn. Also add oregano and chilli flakes plus salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 10 mins..
  4. Meanwhile put pasta in separate pan with boiling water and simmer for 2 mins, then drain..
  5. Place pasta in baking dish, and pour over vegetables mixing well. Firstly cover the dish with cheddar, then mozzarella. Mix the Parmesan and breadcrumbs and top the dish with this mixture..
  6. Place in oven for 25-30 mins until golden brown, and serve with garlic bread or green salad..

It really is, have a look! Let's see what all veggies I added in. Repeat the process, ending with a layer of sauce. Veggie pasta bake is a tasty way to get some of your five a day while filling yourself up. It's a dish of pasta baked with sauce and topped wth lots of melted cheese, so you can really add any vegetables you like to it.

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