Creamy Pasta Casserole

This easy meal uses cream cheese to add an extra creamy texture to ingredients that are usually on hand. Quick and delicious!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 401 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 onion, minced
• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 (12 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
• 1 (24 ounce) jar pasta sauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bow-tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes; drain and return pasta to pot. Melt cream cheese into the pasta. Stir pasta sauce, Italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes into the pasta mixture.

Step 3

Heat a skillet over medium heat. Break ground beef into small pieces and add to the skillet; cook and stir until some of the fat has rendered, 2 to 3 minutes. Add onion and garlic to the beef, continue cooking until the ground beef is completely browned, about 5 minutes more. Stir beef mixture into the pasta mixture.

Step 4

Pour pasta-and-beef mixture into a 3-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the dish.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until the mozzarella cheese melts, 5 to 10 minutes.