Recipe: Perfect SW-Friendly Meatball Pasta Bake

SW-Friendly Meatball Pasta Bake. It'll cook more in the oven later with the pasta bake. This is by far the easiest way to cook the meatballs because there's no oil splatter and draining on paper towels. Place the meatballs into the baking dish, nestling them into the pasta.

This cheesy, meatball pasta bake will leave your dinner guests with full stomachs and smiles on their faces. Perfect if you're feeding a large family or the kids have got friends round after school. Take them out of the pan and set aside. You can cook SW-Friendly Meatball Pasta Bake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of SW-Friendly Meatball Pasta Bake

1. It's 700 g of pack of turkey mince.
2. Prepare 100 g of frozen quorn mince.
3. You need 50 g of quinoa (cooked and drained).
4. You need 2 tins of chopped tomatoes.
5. You need 1 of red pepper, chopped (optional).
6. You need 1 tsp of chilli flakes.
7. It's 2 cloves of garlic.
8. Prepare 50 g of breadcrumbs.
9. You need 2 of large white onions.
10. Prepare 1 tbsp of mixed herbs.
11. You need 3 tbsp of fat free yoghurt.
12. It's 40 g of low fat cheddar cheese.
13. Prepare 1 of Knorr chicken stock pot.
14. You need 200 g of dried pasta.

Cook the pasta according to packet instructions until slightly undercooked. Drain and if you are making it in advance of the sauce (rather than at the same time), drizzle a little oil through so it doesn't stick together and set aside. In a large frying pan, heat about a tablespoon of oil over high heat. Heat oil in a skillet over medium-low heat.

SW-Friendly Meatball Pasta Bake step by step

1. To make the meatballs: Combine the quinoa, quorn and turkey mince in a bowl..
2. Add the chilli flakes, 1 chopped garlic clove, breadcrumbs, 1 chopped onion. Bring everything together, moulding into small balls, approx. the size of a golf ball (size is up to you)..
3. Place the meatballs in a large baking tray & bake in the oven on Gas mark 6/400F/204C for 10 mins. Drain off the fat and turn the balls. Cook for a further 10 mins..
4. While the meatballs are baking, fry the other onion, garlic clove & peppers (if using) until softened..
5. Add the mixed herbs, tinned tomatoes, stock pot and season with S&P. Simmer gently while cooking the pasta in a separate pan..
6. Combine the tomato mixture with the pasta. Pour the tomato pasta mixture into the baking dish with the meatballs..
7. Top with dollops of natural yoghurt, evenly distributed around the dish (these serve to replicate mozzarella). Grate cheddar over the top & season with S&P..
8. Return to the oven until the cheese melts and begins to turn golden..
9. Serve with a large salad full of SW speed..

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