Low-Fat Vegetable and Pasta Casserole Recipe #131082
A good casserole for dieters.
by echo echo
1 hour | 30 min prep
SERVES 8
- 1 (16 ounce) package penne or rotini pasta
- 2 cups chopped broccoli
- 1 cup mushroom, sliced
- 1 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 4 cups skim milk
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese or romano cheese
- white pepper
- 5 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
- 1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs
- butter-flavored cooking spray
- Cook pasta 6 minutes in boiling water.
- Add the broccoli through bell pepper to the pasta and simmer 6-8 minutes more until pasta is al dente; drain.
- Make white sauce: sauté the onions and garlic in butter 1-2 minutes in a saucepan over medium-high heat; stir in flour and milk and cook, stirring, about 5 minutes until mixture coats the back of a spoon; remove from heat.
- Setting aside 2 Tbs parmesan cheese, stir the rest of cheese and the pepper into the white sauce.
- Combine the pasta and vegetables, white sauce and 4 Tbs of the basil; place in 13 X 9-inch baking pan or 3-1/2 quart casserole.
- Mix the breadcrumbs with the remaining 2 Tbs parmesan & remaining 1 T basil; sprinkle over the casserole.
- Spray butter-flavored spray over top to coat.
- Bake at 350° approximately 30 minutes until golden brown.
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