Cheesy Beef and Rigatoni Bake
with Veggies and Tomato Sauce
Protein Plus (50 g protein or more) is based on a per serving calculation of the recipe's protein amount.
Ingredients: Crushed tomatoes with onion and garlic (tomato paste, water, diced tomatoes, dehydrated onion, salt, dehydrated garlic, sugar, citric acid) • Ground beef • Zucchini • Rigatoni (wheat) (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) • Mozzarella cheese (milk) (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, cream, salt, fructose, calcium chloride, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, microbial rennet, citric acid, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, cellulose, natamycin) • Spinach • Cream cheese (milk) (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) • Garlic • Italian seasoning (oregano, basil, marjoram, garlic powder, rosemary, parsley flakes, bay leaf, canola oil, silicon dioxide) • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide).
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
250 g
Ground Beef
170 g
Rigatoni
(Contains: Wheat)
1 unit(s)
Zucchini
1 g
Garlic Salt
(May contain traces of: Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts)
56 g
Baby Spinach
1 unit(s)
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
¾ cup
Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
2.15 g
Italian Seasoning
(May contain traces of: Milk, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts)
1 unit(s)
Crushed Tomatoes with Garlic and Onion
2 unit(s)
Garlic, cloves
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
¼ tsp
Sugar*
½ tsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, preheat the broiler to high.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- Halve zucchini lengthwise, then cut into 1/2-inch half-moons.
- Roughly chop spinach.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- To the boiling water, add rigatoni. Cook for 12-13 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
- Strain rigatoni, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add beef and zucchini to the dry pan.
- Cook for 5-7 min, breaking up beef into smaller pieces, until no pink remains in beef and zucchini is tender-crisp.**
- Carefully drain and discard excess fat.
- To the pan with beef and zucchini, add garlic, half the Italian Seasoning (use all for 4 servings) and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) garlic salt. Season with pepper.
- Cook for 1 min, stirring often, until fragrant.
- Add crushed tomatoes, 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) sugar, spinach, cream cheese and half the mozzarella. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring often, until spinach is wilted and sauce is smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, grease an 8x8-inch baking dish with 1/2 tsp oil. (NOTE: For 4 servings, grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 tsp oil.)
- When sauce is done, add to the pot with rigatoni, then stir to coat.
- Transfer rigatoni mixture to the prepared baking dish, then sprinkle remaining mozzarella over top.
- Broil in the middle of the oven for 1-3 min, until cheese melts. (TIP: Keep your eye on cheese so it doesn't burn!)
- Let baked rigatoni cool for 2-3 min before serving.
- Divide between bowls.
