Tim's pasta bake from NKd1167310667456

nut free kids can help can make in advance vegetarian
Category
Vegetarian recipes
Servesfour
Prep time 40 mins
Cook time30 approx mins

Mumsnetter ratings

based on (3) reviews
Ease of finding ingredients 9
Ease of cooking8.5
Success with kids7.5
Success with adults10
Overall Mark 9

Ingredients

Pasta- rigatoni or penne is best
1 bag of baby leaf spinach
1 pot cottage cheese, medium size
1 large handful of mushrooms- sliced
1 small handful of sliced black olives
1 sprig of fresh basil
200g cheddar cheese- grated
1 medium onion
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
olive oil for frying
salt & pepper to taste
a deep oven proof dish

Handy Hint

make sure you have a nice big oven proof dish! can be pureed for babyif you leave out the salt and pepper

Method

Pre-heat oven to 200 deg C or equivalent.

Cook the pasta according to packet instructions and drain.

Fry the onions until soft.

Fry the mushrooms until soft.

Cook the spinach- baby leaf spinach often comes in a microwaveable bag.

Mix all the ingredients together with about 2/3rds of the cheddar.

Put into oven proof dish and sprinkle remaining grated cheese on the top.

Put in oven for about half hour or until the top is getting crispy.
enjoy!

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: Aniseeda on Thu 27-Dec-12 00:05:08 Overall rating: 10.0
Made this for veggie sister and was delighted when my teenagers wolfed it down too - will definitely be making it again! I used tinned spinach as couldn't find fresh and mozarella cheese as that's what I had in, both worked fine.
From: Buckets on Sat 22-Mar-08 09:48:20 Overall rating: 7.5
This was great, whodathunk cottage cheese and tined tomatoes would be so tasty! I used frozen Italian herb cubes instead of fresh. 1 out of 2 kids ate it which is a success for me.
From: NKd1167310667456 on Mon 28-Jan-08 19:51:02 Overall rating: 0.0
could be gluten and egg free depending on pasta choice



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