Easiest-Ever Creamy Tomato Pasta
Holly Lofthouse
Created Jan 27, 2015
You’ll wish you thought of this quick trick to make pasta night creamier and cheesier. It’s ready in just 15 minutes.
Easiest-Ever Creamy Tomato Pasta
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 15 min
- Ingredients 4
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 lb uncooked penne pasta
- 2 cups tomato pasta sauce
- 2 cups Alfredo sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
Instructions
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Step1In large pot of water, cook 1 lb uncooked penne pasta as directed on package; drain.
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Step2In separate saucepans, heat 2 cups tomato pasta sauce and 2 cups Alfredo sauce over medium-low heat until thoroughly heated.
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Step3To serve, divide cooked pasta into individual bowls. Top each serving with 1/4 cup heated pasta sauce and 1/4 cup Alfredo sauce. Sprinkle with 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz). Serve immediately.
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Nutrition
570
Calories
27g
Total Fat
20g
Protein
62g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 570
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 42%
- Saturated Fat
- 15g
- 77%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 80mg
- 26%
- Sodium
- 900mg
- 37%
- Potassium
- 370mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 62g
- 21%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 20g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 25%
- 25%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 35%
- 35%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
4 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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