Spooky Halloween Pasta Bake
 
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Halloween is such an exciting time for me and I love getting festive with all the creative food options. This Spooky Halloween Pasta Bake is fun, easy, and a crowd-pleaser for adults and kids. Taking ingredients we already have and just prepping them slightly different provides a magical display of creepy yumminess that excites people and gets them in the Halloween mood. Bonus Alert: There are only 6 ingredients in this recipe! You can use a pre-made marinara sauce or make it from scratch (which would be more ingredients needed, but sooo worth it). Health Bonus Alert: Each serving of this dish provides: *21% of our daily recommended Calcium. *15% of our daily recommended Iron.
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Recipe type: Pasta Entree
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 1 16-ounce package rigatoni
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated, divided
  • 42 ounces marinara sauce (make your own or use 2 jars. I have an amazing recipe)
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 6 ounces sliced mozzarella, sliced to make tiny rounds
  • 8 black olives, sliced into slivers to look like “eyes”
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  2. Cook the pasta according to the package directions. It takes about 12 minutes to cook, on average. Drain and set aside.
  3. While the pasta is cooking, cover the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with tinfoil. Spray with a cooking spray.
  4. In a small bowl, mix ½ cup Parmesan cheese with the marinara sauce. Add the remaining Parmesan cheese to the pasta and mix.
  5. Add the pasta to the pan by making the noodles stand up. Pour the pasta sauce into the pan so the sauce fills the noodles.
  6. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove.
  7. Top with the mozzarella cheese. Bake for 15 more minutes. Remove.
  8. Add the mozzarella rounds to the top of the pasta bake and place 1 olive slice in the middle to look like an eye.
  9. Put in the oven and bake for 2 minutes. Remove.
  10. Let rest for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan. Slice. Serve.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 cups Calories: 347 Fat: 12 Saturated fat: 6 Carbohydrates: 44 Sugar: 8 Fiber: 4 Protein: 18 Cholesterol: 28
Recipe by Sarah Koszyk at https://sarahkoszyk.com/spooky-halloween-pasta-bake/