Baked No Boil Spinach Pasta With Cellentani Pasta (Meatless)
This easy baked spinach pasta is vegetarian and uses no cheese (though you may add if you wish to) and it is prepared without boiling the pasta first. So no need of boiling or draining the cooked pasta, making it simple and more easy to make it in a single pan in the oven.
Servings 8
Calories 303kcal
Ingredients
- 16 oz pasta shells I used cellentani pasta shells
- 10 oz spinach chopped, I used frozen spinach leaves
- ½ cup peas fresh or frozen
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil may use little more if needed
- salt as needed
- 1 cup milk
- 2.5 cups marinara sauce or tomato basil pasta sauce
- 3 cups water should barely cover the pasta (if needed, may add more liquid)
- 1 tablespoon onion powder or flakes
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Optional: (if you want to add cheese)
- 3 cups shredded cheese (or little more, I recommend using sharp cheddar or Mexican blend or any of your favorites for baked pasta)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degree Fahrenheit degrees.
- Layer the pasta shells in a single layer in the baking pan.
- Add the milk, water, salt and spice, mix well.
- Add the marinara sauce and oil, mix well again so the sauce and oil blends well with the pasta.
- Finally add the spinach leaves and green peas to the pan, stir into mix with the rest of the ingredients.
- Place the butter (if you are using melted butter you can add early with the oion top of the baking pan.
- Cover the pan with foil and bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes of baking, remove the foil carefully, (do not sir the contents at this point and bake for another 20 minutes or until the pasta is cooked.
- If you want to add cheese, you can stir in the cheese carefully (and add about one cup of cheese as topping) and bake for another 5 to 6 minutes until the cheese is melted and lightly browned on top!Once the pasta is baked, transfer from the hot oven, serve and enjoy the easy, delicious and healthy no boil baked vegetarian spinach pasta!
Nutrition
Calories: 303kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 477mg | Potassium: 656mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 3840IU | Vitamin C: 19.4mg | Calcium: 99mg | Iron: 2.6mg