A veggie-packed dinner that even the even meat lovers would devour. This vegetable pasta bake is truly tasty and filling comfort food. Its packed with goodness of vegetables cooked in tomatoe sauce, perfectly cooked pasta and topped with cheese. Its makes a quick hearty weeknight meal.
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How to make Vegetable Pasta Bake?
To make vegetable pasta bake you need following ingridients:
- Pasta – any large shaped pasta will work. I used rigatoni, it coats the pasta sauce so well. Penne pasta is another good option.
- Veggies – red onions, zucchini, capsicum ( red, green and Yellow) and corn.
- Tomatoes Puree – I used canned crushed tomatoes.
- Cheese – I like the mix of cheddar and Mozarella . You can also use either of them on their own too.
I also used chopped garlic, it adds very nice flavour. But don’t use garlic paste or crushed garlic as they burn quickly. I added paprika, cracked pepper , crushed red chilli and oregano.
Begin with cooking vegetables in tomatoe puree with olive olive oil and garlic. Toss the cooked pasta in and mix. Add it to baking tray and layer the cheese on top. I sprinkled chilli flakes on top as i like it bit spicy, but its completely optional. Bake untill cheese is melted.
Best Vegetables for Pasta Bake
You don’t have to stick to the vegetables I used. The other options are mushrooms, eggplants, brocolli and carrots. Generally the vegetables that retain their shape and form while cooking can be added to the vegetable pasta bake.
Freezing Vegetable Pasta Bake
This Vegetable Pasta bake freezes really well. Allow the pasta cool then cover and freeze. Defrost in the fridge overnight and reheat in the microwave. You can also microwave straight from the freezer.
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Vegetable Pasta Bake
Ingredients
- 500 g Pasta See Notes
- 500 g Tomatoe Puree See Notes
- 1 Zucchini
- 2 cups Shredded Cheese See Notes
- 1 Capsicum See Notes
- ¼ cup corn
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Cloves Chopped Garlic
- 1 tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Cracked Black pepper
- ½ tsp Crushed red chilli
- ½ tsp Dried Oregano
- 1 tsp Paprika
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to packet Instruction.
- In a pot heat olive oil and add garlic. Sautee for a minute and add chopped vegetables. Add all the spices and mix.
- Add tomatoe puree and allow the sauce to simmer for around 10 minutes. Add cooked pasta and mix.
- In a oven proof dish put half pasta, sprinkle half cheese. Put remaining pasta and cover with remaining half of cheese.
- Sprinkle crushed chilli and oregano. Put pasta in preheated oven and bake untill cheese has melted.
Notes
- Use any large pasta like rigatoni, penne or shell pasta.
- You can use cheddar or mozzarella or both combined.
- Crushed canned Tomatoes work the best. You can use canned puree or passata as well or any store bought pasta sauce.
- Any capsicum (red, green or yellow) can be used depending on availability.
