Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Baked "Wally"

My hubby wants you to know that this is "Husband Approved..."  The pasta in this dish looks.. like Wally's eyes hence the name Baked "Wally" created by my 4 year old.  It's readlly good and bakes for 20 minutes so you have time to clean up the mess that you just made by cooking it!

Baked "Wally"
1 lb Mezzi Rigatoni (or whatever short pasta is in your cupboard at the time)
1 lb ground turkey (or whatever meat...)
2 big handfuls of Baby Spiniach (chopped)
1 package of mozzorella cheese shredded
1 jar store bought sauce (I used the 3 cheese Marinara from F and E )
1 can stewed tomatoes
1/2 - 1 cup Parmesan 
2 garlic cloves minced (I buy the pre-minced garlic at Costco in the jar)
salt and pepper
cayenne pepper-3-4 good shakes
a couple shakes of basil (I by the frozen basil at TJ that pops out like cubes and I used 3)
1. Heat oven to 375 and boil water for pasta and cook 1 min under recommended time. Put aside when cooked. 
2.Cook the ground turkey until browned with garlic, some pepper, cayenne, basil, salt. 
3. Turn to low heat and add chopped spinach to turkey and stir. 
4. Add stewed tomatoes and sauce and simmer for 2 minutes. 
5. Add cooked pasta and Parmesan. 
6. Put layer 1 of pasta mixture 1/3 cheese, repeat 2 more times topping with the cheese.
7. Cook for 20 minutes and enjoy!

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