Bow Tie Cheese Casserole Food

BOW-TIE CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Prepare pasta according to package directions.
• Place pasta and chicken in a large bowl.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over med-high heat.
• Whisk in flour; cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute or until smooth.
• Gradually whisk in milk until smooth.
• Bring mixture to a boil, decrease heat to med-low, and gradually stir in cheddar cheese until smooth.
• Stir in salt and pepper.
• Stir cheese sauce into pasta mixture.
• Spoon pasta mixture into a lightly greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
• Top with pasta sauce, and sprinkle with Italian cheese blend.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until bubbly.

BOW TIE AND PEPPERONI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Cook noodles and set aside.
• Put pepperoni in a fry pan and cook lightly until grease comes out, do not pour off grease.
• Add garlic, tomatoes and the rest of the vegetables, cook for a couple minutes.
• Add spices and stir around.
• Put noodles in a 9" x 13" greased casserole dish.
• Pour the tomatoes, pepperoni, cheese and tomato juice over noodles and stir lightly.
• Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and add more cheese if you like and bake for another 5 or 10 minutes, until cheese has browned.
• Enjoy!

TURKEY BOW-TIE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bow-tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground turkey in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low and add ketchup, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, and garlic salt. Let simmer for 1 to 2 minutes; remove from heat and cover.
• Drain cooked pasta and pour into a medium casserole dish. Stir in mozzarella cheese, Cheddar cheese, and poppy seeds. Spread turkey mixture on top and serve.

FOUR-CHEESE BAKED BOW TIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. and butter a 3-to 4-quart gratin dish or other shallow baking dish.
• In a heavy saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat. Add flour and cook roux, whisking, 3 minutes. Add milk and reserved tomato juice in a stream, whisking, and bring to a boil, whisking. Stir in tomatoes and salt and pepper to taste and simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes.
• In a kettle of salted boiling water cook pasta until just al dente, about 8 minutes, and drain well.
• In a bowl stir together pasta, sauce, mozzarella, Gorgonzola, Fontina, 1 cup Romano, and parsley and transfer to prepared dish. Sprinkle pasta with remaining 1/3 cup Romano.
• Bake bow ties in middle of oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until golden and bubbling, and let stand 10 minutes before servings.

FOUR-CHEESE BOW TIE BAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, drain tomatoes; RESERVING THE JUICE; set aside.
• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
• In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth.
• Gradually add in milk and reserved juice.
• Bring to a boil; cook and stir for two minutes or until thickened and remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, combine the pasta, sauce and diced tomatoes.
• Stir in the cheeses and parsley; toss gently to coat.
• Transfer to a greased 13 x 9 baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden and bubbly.

BOW TIE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to directions, omitting salt and undercooking by 2 minutes.
• Drain Meanwhile, heat oven to 375 F degrees.
• Grease 12 cup oven-proof casserole.
• Mix pasta, sauce, cottage cheese, sour cream, spinach, scallions, salt, pepper in a bowl.
• Spoon into casserole and top with cheese.
• Bake, covered for 20 minutes, uncover and continue baking for about 10 minutes or until temperature registers 150 F degrees.

BOW TIE TACO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef& ground pork; drain.
• Stir in the taco seasoning mix, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and green pepper.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Cook Bow Tie pasta according to package directions; drain.
• Combine pasta with 1 cup of the cheese and sour cream.
• Spray a 13x9-inch baking dish with Pam cooking spray.
• Pour the pasta into the baking dish; top with meat mixture and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for 35-40 minutes.

FOUR-CHEESE BOW TIES

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, drain tomatoes, reserving 1-1/4 cups juice; set aside., In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth; gradually add milk and reserved tomato juice. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat., Drain pasta; add the sauce and reserved tomatoes. Stir in cheeses and parsley. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish (dish will be full). Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly.

LASAGNA STYLE BOW-TIE PASTA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Grease 8x8 square baking dish.
• In large pot boil 4 qts water and partially cook pasta for half of the directed time.
• In large skillet heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onion and saute 1 minute.
• Stir in beef or turkey and cook until lightly browned about 3 minutes.
• Add spaghetti sauce and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and partially cover the skillet.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• In small bowl mix ricotta or cottage cheese with egg and Parmesan.
• Drain the pasta throughly.
• Layer half the pasta in the pan.
• Spoon cheese mixture over the pasta.
• Spoon half the meat mixture over the cheese.
• Sprinkle with half the mozzarella.
• Make another layer with the remaining pasta, then the meat then the mozzarela.
• Cover pan with foil, spraying the inside facing the cheese with pam.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for another 8-10 minutes or until heated through.