Baked Pasta With Spinach

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces penne pasta, uncooked
• 3 cups spaghetti sauce (homemade best(jarred okay)
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened (low fat okay)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• 1 dash nutmeg
• salt and pepper
• 1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta in rapidly boiling water until done.
• 2 meanwhile whisk cream cheese and milk until smooth.
• 3 add spinach and parmesan cheese to cream cheese mixture--stir to combine.
• 4 season with nutmeg, salt and pepper (set aside).
• 5 drain cooked pasta and mix with spaghetti sauce.
• 6 layer half the pasta in a 9x13 baking dish---spread cream cheese mixture over pasta layer.
• 7 top with remaining pasta.
• 8 cover with foil and bake in a 350°f oven for 30 minutes.
• 9 remove foil sprinkle with mozzarella and bake an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.