Pasta Bake

Pasta Bake is the ultimate comfort food that will be a favorite in no time. This Pasta Bake recipe has it all: creaminess, cheesiness and amazing flavors in and out which will make sure everyone can’t get enough of it. If you are looking for an easy weeknight meal that fits all your cravings, here it is.

Reasons to love this Pasta Bake

You can use any pasta you love: long, short, tubed. Leftover or cooked. No matter, the Pasta Bake will always be right on great.

Creamy sauce: I love white sauces like a my Mornay Sauce, but I find it even more comforting to stir and mix a quick sauce for our pasta bake.

You can add any veggies that you like, which makes everything really flexible and wonderful. As you can see in my ingredients I add peas and I like them a lot, see also my Pea Pasta or the Tuna Noodle Casserole.

I add 4 dairy free cheeses to make everything so rich and ultimately delicious: blue cheese, cheddar, cream cheese and parmesan. Seriously the final result will taste like in a fancy restaurant.

What you need for this Pasta Bake Recipe

I’m not even shy about ingredients and this is a very, very delicious and amazing tasting pasta dish.

Pasta: I use leftover and you can do it the same way. Otherwise cook your favorite pasta according the package directions. Choose from spaghetti, rigatoni, bowtie to give you some ideas.

For the veggies in the Pasta Bake: I use peas, onions and garlic. You can see I indeed keep it really, really simple. But feel free to add whatever you want: corn, bell peppers, zucchinis or anything else.

For the sauce: I stir and mix that’s all what’s left: combine cream cheese, sour cream and milk and I use non dairy. It makes a wonderful sauce in no time.

Vegan chicken and bacon bites: This is our meaty base that makes a great texture and adds a great smoky flavor from bacon bites to our casserole.

Seriously I can’t get enough of cheeses and as I mentioned above I use 3 dairy free cheeses: parmesan, blue cheese and cheddar. Why use just one? When I can have all, yes.

How to make Pasta Bake

Preheat oven to 410F and get a 8×11 inch casserole ready.

In a pan heat olive oil, then add garlic, onions, bacon bites, and chicken. Cook everything for 3 minutes.

Next, add peas and cook all for 1 minute more.

I use leftover pasta so I can start put it straightforward into a bowl: Mix there the pasta with the peas, chicken, bacon, garlic, and onions from the pan. Also mix in sour cream, milk, cream cheese, all of the parmesan, half of the blue cheese and cheddar.

Transfer everything into your casserole, then top the Pasta Bake with remaining cheddar and blue cheese. Bake for 15 minutes, serve and enjoy.

Tips and tricks

Leftovers are great for around 4 days in the fridge covered.

For freezing Pasta Bake: let cool completely and put in the freezer with cling wrap or make individual portions. This will be great for around 3 months.

To reheat: thaw completely, warm up until desired temperature is reached.

Other Pasta recipes to try

• Salmon Pasta
• Tuscan Chicken Pasta
• Easy Pasta Salad
• Lemon Pasta
• Million Dollar Spaghetti

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Enjoy, Florian.