Vegetable Pasta Bake
A veggie-packed dinner with goodness of vegetables cooked in tomatoe sauce, perfectly cooked pasta and topped with cheese.
Ingredients
- 500 g Pasta See Notes
- 500 g Tomatoe Puree See Notes
- 1 Zucchini
- 2 cups Shredded Cheese See Notes
- 1 Capsicum See Notes
- ¼ cup corn
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Cloves Chopped Garlic
- 1 tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Cracked Black pepper
- ½ tsp Crushed red chilli
- ½ tsp Dried Oregano
- 1 tsp Paprika
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to packet Instruction.
- In a pot heat olive oil and add garlic. Sautee for a minute and add chopped vegetables. Add all the spices and mix.
- Add tomatoe puree and allow the sauce to simmer for around 10 minutes. Add cooked pasta and mix.
- In a oven proof dish put half pasta, sprinkle half cheese. Put remaining pasta and cover with remaining half of cheese.
- Sprinkle crushed chilli and oregano. Put pasta in preheated oven and bake untill cheese has melted.
Notes
- Use any large pasta like rigatoni, penne or shell pasta.
- You can use cheddar or mozzarella or both combined.
- Crushed canned Tomatoes work the best. You can use canned puree or passata as well or any store bought pasta sauce.
- Any capsicum (red, green or yellow) can be used depending on availability.