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Pasta Twists with Italian Meat Sauce

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Submitted by ekent

One-skillet pasta twists with ground beef, garden vegetables, spaghetti sauce, and melted mozzarella. Everything cooks together in under 30 minutes.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

30 min

READY

45 min

This is a true one-skillet pasta dinner. Ground beef and onion get browned, then the frozen vegetables with pasta and jarred spaghetti sauce go right in. Everything simmers together until the pasta is cooked and the vegetables are crisp-tender. No separate pot of boiling water, no draining, no extra dishes.

The garden-style pasta with vegetables is doing all the multitasking here. It’s a frozen product that combines pasta twists with mixed vegetables in one bag, which cuts your prep to practically nothing. The pasta absorbs the spaghetti sauce as it cooks, so every twist is flavored through and through.

A handful of shredded mozzarella melted over the top at the end turns this from a simple skillet meal into something that feels more like a baked pasta without the baking. The residual heat from the covered pan melts the cheese into stretchy, gooey strings.

Kitchen Tips

  • Brown the beef well before adding anything else. Good browning means better flavor in the sauce. Don’t just turn the meat gray.
  • Keep the heat at medium once everything is simmering. Too high and the sauce reduces before the pasta cooks through.
  • Stir occasionally to prevent the pasta from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
  • Cover the pan after adding the cheese and let it sit for 2 minutes. The trapped steam melts it evenly.

Variations

  • Use Italian sausage instead of ground beef for a spicier, more herbal sauce.
  • Stir in a handful of fresh spinach during the last minute for extra greens.
  • Add red pepper flakes or a dash of Italian seasoning to the sauce for more depth.

Ingredients

½ 226.8
POUND G GROUND BEEF
½ 118
CUP ML ONIONS
chopped
1 453.6
POUND G PASTA
garden-style
14 404.6
OUNCES ML/G SPAGHETTI SAUCE
2 57.8
OUNCES ML/G MOZZARELLA CHEESE
shredded

Directions

In large skillet over medium-high heat, brown ground beef and onion.

Drain.

Stir in frozen vegetables with pasta and spaghetti sauce.

Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to medium; cover and cook 10 to 12 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.

Sprinkle with cheese.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 313g (11.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 722 23% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g 28%
Saturated Fat 6g 29%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 58mg 19%
Sodium 174mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 35g 35%
Dietary Fiber 7g 29%
Sugars g
Protein 68g
Vitamin A 15% Vitamin C 23%
Calcium 18% Iron 33%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
 
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