Creamy Baked Pasta With Ham & Veggie

Savor your favorite pasta dish fresh out of the oven with this delicious creamy baked pasta recipe! Nothing says comfort food better than a cheesy pasta bake recipe!

Ham Pasta Bake

When I made this creamy baked pasta, I never expected it to turn out this amazing! It was supposed to be just a regular pasta dish but a couple of secret ingredients made this otherwise simple and easy creamy tomato pasta bake absolutely fabulous!

When I say secret ingredients I mean stuff I don’t normally use in any pasta recipe. This creamy baked pasta was my very first but definitely not the last, this dish is now our most favorite pasta recipe! I only used these two secret ingredients because I decided to try and live a little bit more frugally for the week. So I try to use all the stuff in my pantry before purchasing new food. And this is how these two ingredients became a big part of the plan, when just a few minutes before they were doomed to hit the garbage bin as I thought they’ve gone bad.

I love using my own tomato vegetable sauce for all pasta dishes so I used lots of red long peppers, cousa squash, onions, mushrooms and of course tons of garlic (I’m a sucker for garlic!). The two secret ingredients not only added extra flavor but made this cheesy pasta bake recipe so creamy and thousand times more savory. And those ingredients are…ta-da!!…smoked ham and sour cream!

I know, I know, they’re not so secret, I already gave you a little hint about the ham at the beginning of this article. But I’m pretty sure you never expected sour cream as an ingredient in a pasta dish.

Creamy Baked Pasta

Ingredients:

• 10 oz penne pasta, cooked
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 large red long pepper
• 1 large cousa squash (or zucchini)
• 2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 cup peas and carrots mix, frozen
• 4 large garlic cloves, smashed
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 2 tsp dry basil
• 2 tsp dry thyme
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup smoked ham, cooked
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 4 cups provolone cheese (or mozzarella), grated

You will also need:

• large non stick skillet
• bamboo spoon
• bamboo cutting board
• bamboo spatula
• kitchen knife
• large bowl
• large baking dish

Directions:

• Pre heat oven to 375 F
• Cook pasta as instructed on the package
• Meanwhile dice and slice vegetables.
• Heat oil in a skillet and saute onions until slightly soft.
• Add the rest of the veggie, except for the peas and carrots.
• Saute until slightly soft then add carrots and peas and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute or until garlic is fragrant.
• Add tomato sauce salt, pepper basil, thyme and mix well. Remove skillet from oven.
• In a non stick skillet, cook smoked ham until slightly brown.
• When pasta is cooked, drain well and place in a large bowl.
• Pour the tomato vegetable sauce over then add ham and mix well.
• Fold sour cream in using a bamboo spatula.
• Add 2 cups cheese and mix well.
• Place all in a baking dish and sprinkle the remaining cheese over.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
• Serve hot.
• Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

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Creamy Baked Pasta With Ham And Vegetables

Author: Petro

Ingredients

• 10 oz penne pasta cooked
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 1 large red long pepper
• 1 large cousa squash or zucchini
• 2 cups fresh mushrooms sliced
• 1 cup peas and carrots mix frozen
• 4 large garlic cloves smashed
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 2 tsp dry basil
• 2 tsp dry thyme
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup smoked ham cooked
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 4 cups provolone cheese or mozzarella, grated

You will also need:

• large non stick skillet
• bamboo spoon
• bamboo cutting board
• bamboo spatula
• kitchen knife
• large bowl
• large baking dish

Instructions

• Pre heat oven to 375 F
• Cook pasta as instructed on the package
• Meanwhile dice and slice vegetables.
• Heat oil in a skillet and saute onions until slightly soft.
• Add the rest of the veggie, except for the peas and carrots.
• Saute until slightly soft then add carrots and peas and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute or until garlic is fragrant.
• Add tomato sauce salt, pepper basil, thyme and mix well. Remove skillet from oven.
• In a non stick skillet, cook smoked ham until slightly brown.
• When pasta is cooked, drain well and place in a large bowl.
• Pour the tomato vegetable sauce over then add ham and mix well.
• Fold sour cream in using a bamboo spatula.
• Add 2 cups cheese and mix well.
• Place all in a baking dish and sprinkle the remaining cheese over.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
• Serve hot.
• Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

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