Protein Packed Pasta Bake
Non dairy eaters: You can sub Trader Joe’s almond mozzarella shreds as well.

Ingredients
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1 Box BANZA chickpea pasta (Walmart and most groceries carry)
- 8 oz 96% ground beef
- 1 Small onion, chopped
- 4 oz Low fat ricotta
- 6 oz Pizza sauce (Walmart great value brand is 25 cal for ¼ cup)
- 2 oz shredded fat free mozzarella
- 2oz shredded mozzarella
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 deg
- Boil water and cook pasta 3 minutes less than what box calls for
- Add water to frying pan and add onion, cook until water evaporates
- Add ground beef to onions and brown
- Rinse paste then drain very well! I will even pat dry with paper towels
- Mix sauce, pasta, meat mixture, ½ of shredded cheeses in bowl. Add spices; I used italian seasoning, crushed red pepper, and salt
- Layer ½ of pasta mixture in loaf pan, add thin slices/scoops of ricotta on top, repeat with other half of pasta mixture and other half of ricotta
- Add rest of cheese to top
- Bake covered for ten minutes then uncover and broil on low until cheese is bubbly and brown
Macros
For ¼ of recipe
- 385 Cals
- 36P
- 40 C
- 9 F