Beef Pasta With Tomato Spinach Sauce Food

GROUND BEEF AND SPINACH PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Saute the onion in a deep frying pan for 1-2 minutes, then add the ground beef.
• Cook until beef is browned, then add the tomatoes, spices, salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer for 3-4 minutes, then add the spinach and simmer 3-4 minutes more.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Meanwhile, boil and drain the pasta according to directions on the package.
• Combine the two and place in a baking tray.
• Sprinkle the cheese over the top and bake in a hot oven until melted and the dish is pipping hot, about 5 minutes.
• Serve with a salad and garlic bread.

BEEF AND PASTA BAKE - THE BEST!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 (350F).
• Heat oil in large pan; cook onion, garlic, bacon and carrot, stirring, til carrot is just tender - about 8 minutes *.
• Add mince and cook, stirring, til mince changes colour; then add undiluted soup, tomato paste, sauce and oregano and simmer, covered, about 15 mins or til mixture has thickened slightly.
• While beef mixture is simmering, cook pasta and drain. Stir pasta into beef mixture, then spoon into an oiled deep 8 cup capacity ovenproof dish and sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 15 mins or until browned slightly.
• *If you want to, you can add a stick of chopped celery along with the onion etc or add some mushrooms just before the mince.

SPINACH AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash and remove stems of spinach, place in a large pot and fill a quarter of the way with water, add salt if desired.
• Bring to a boil and press down spinach, as it wilts, into boiling water.
• Cover for 5 minutes. Than drain and remove most of the water but not necessary to remove all. Set aside.
• Heat olive oil in medium saucepan, cook diced onion and garlic 5 -7 minutes just until translucent.
• Add diced tomatoes, bouillon cubes, basil, pinch of sugar and Salt and pepper to saucepan.
• Bring to just a boil than lower heat to medium low and cook for 20 minutes.
• While that's cooking use the same pot that you boiled the spinach in to boil more water for your pasta and cook according to package directions.
• Chop already cooked spinach.
• During the last 5 minutes of cooking pasta add the spinach to your tomato sauce.
• Drain pasta and put back into pot, add a ladel full of sauce and mix so spaghetti does not stick together.
• Place pasta on serving plates and spoon sauce over pasta.
• Sprinkle with Romano cheese and serve.

RITA'S SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a pan of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the pasta, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes.
• Crumble ground beef into a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring constantly until evenly browned. Drain excess grease, and stir in the tomato sauce, sour cream and thyme.
• Place the cooked pasta into the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Pour the ground beef mixture over the pasta. Cover with a layer of spinach. Top with shredded cheese.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until heated through and lightly browned on the top.

GROUND BEEF TOMATO SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook pasta until al dente and set aside and keep warm.
• Spray a large dutch oven, with cooking spray.
• Brown ground beef, onions and garlic over medium heat until no longer pink.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir well.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.
• Stir in cooked pasta and heat through.

CREAMY BEEF AND PASTA CASSEROLE WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in a skillet with onion and garlic. Drain.
• While beef is browning, prepare pasta in a large pot according to package directions. Drain pasta and set aside.
• Return empty pasta pot to stove and over med-low heat, stir together tomato sauce and cream cheese until cream cheese is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Reduce heat to low. Add 1 cup of the cheddar cheese; stir well. Add thyme, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. Stir well.
• Add drained pasta, drained browned beef mixture and drained spinach to pot. Gently stir to combine and coat well.
• Pour into a 13 x 9" baking dish or similar size casserole dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheddar cheese.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is melted and starting to slightly brown.