Easy vegetable pasta bake recipe

Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Vegetarian pasta bake is an absolute classic and, with our simple recipe using store-bought sauce, it's so easy to make this winning family dinner while sticking to a budget. With mushrooms, peppers and oozy Cheddar cheese, this is a dish the whole family will love.
See method- Serves 4
- 10 mins to prepare and 30 mins to cook
- 624 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 375g pack Nightingale Farms mixed peppers, deseeded and chopped
- 200g Redmere Farms mushrooms, halved
- 440g jar Hearty Food Co tomato and herb pasta sauce
- 500g pack Hearty Food Co penne
- 100g Creamfields mild Cheddar, grated
Ready to shop?
Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 2640kJ 624.0kcal
- Fat
- 15g
- Saturates
- 6g
- Salt
- 1.1g
- Sugars
- 10g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 105.3gProtein 23.2gFibre 3.0g
Shop your ingredients
Sign in to see your total price and explore available product swaps.
Method
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add the peppers and mushrooms and cook for 5 mins until lightly browned and soft.
- Pour over the pasta sauce and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 mins. Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C.
- Meanwhile cook the pasta to pack instructions. Drain, then stir through the pasta sauce.
- Tip into a baking dish (about 20 x 30cm) and scatter over the cheese. Bake for 15-20 mins until the cheese has melted, then serve.
- See more Budget meals



