One Pot No-Boil Pasta Bake
This cozy pasta bake allows for easy prep and not too much cleaning – plus, it’s very versatile! Feel free to add ground meat like beef or turkey (cook before the veggies), swap in different veggies (eggplant or some dark leafy greens for example), and scale up by following a 3:1 sauce + water to pasta ratio. Using a legume based pasta such as chickpeas or red lentils (look near the higher shelves in the pasta section of your grocery store) amps up the protein content for a filling, well-balanced meal with or without meat!
  • CourseDinner, Main Dish
Servings Prep Time
6-8servings 15minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
35minutes 35 minutes
Servings Prep Time
6-8servings 15minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
35minutes 35 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1 large bell pepperred or any other color available
  • 1medium squashzucchini or yellow
  • 1medium onion
  • 8oz sliced mushrooms
  • 2 Tbsp olive oilor neutrally flavored oil of choice
  • 4 tsp dried herbsoregano, basil, thyme, marjoram
  • 15oz black beansor other canned bean of choice, drained
  • 16oz pastalegume-based preferred
  • 15oz diced tomatoesor additional pasta sauce
  • 24oz pasta sauce of choice
  • 1 1/2tsp salt
  • 8oz mozarellaor other cheese; balls, chunks, or grated
  • 8oz parmesanshaved or grated
  • 5Tbsp fresh basilroughly chopped or julienned
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Chop the vegetables into bite-sized pieces, then heat the oil in an oven-safe pan on the stove at medium high heat. Saute for 5 minutes, until tender and with some browning, stirring once or twice.
  2. Add herbs, salt, and beans, and mozarella; stir until evenly mixed. Add uncooked pasta, then sauce and canned tomatoes – fill the empty can and sauce container fully with water and add that as well, then stir together. Pasta should be able to be below the liquid.
  3. Cover with a lid or piece of tinfoil, then bake for 30 minutes.
  4. Remove from oven, add parmesan, and place under the broiler for 3-5 minutes, until cheese is melted. Garnish with basil and serve warm.