It's Italian night! Our cheesy, sausage and pasta bake can be on your dinner table in less than an hour.
Hearty Tomato Sausage Penne Bake
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups uncooked penne pasta (8 oz)
- 1 lb bulk Italian pork sausage
- 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 medium green or red bell pepper, cut into bite-size strips
- 1 can (19 oz ) Progresso™ Vegetable Classics hearty tomato soup
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1 package (8 oz) Italian cheese crumbles (mozzarella, provolone, Romano and Asiago cheeses)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook pasta as directed on package.
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Step2Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook sausage, onion and garlic over medium-high heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in bell pepper. Cook about 2 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Return to skillet. Add soup and basil to sausage mixture; heat to boiling.
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Step3Drain pasta; place in baking dish. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the cheese crumbles. Pour sausage mixture over pasta.
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Step4Cover with foil; bake 25 minutes. Remove foil; sprinkle with remaining cheese crumbles. Bake 3 to 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
Nutrition
460
Calories
21g
Total Fat
23g
Protein
44g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 460
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 48%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 21%
- Sodium
- 1290mg
- 54%
- Potassium
- 290mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 44g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 14%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 23g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 35%
- 35%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 2 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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