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Three Cheese Penne Pasta Bake

This three cheese penne pasta bake is perfect for family meals! Get dinner on the table quickly and serve with a side salad and garlic bread.

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With autumn comes the return of school and heavier dinners and dishes. I love piling on the cheese and pasta once the weather gets cooler and fall comes. This three cheese penne pasta bake, using the tasty Mezzetta® Napa Valley Homemade™ flavored pasta sauces, is perfect for cooler nights when you are short on time.

When I was a little kid, my mom somehow managed to put hot dinner on the table every night. This was pretty awesome considering the fact that she was a single mom and worked both a full-time and a part-time job. Looking back now and knowing how long it can take some times to get meals ready, I realized what an amazing feat that was.

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Three Cheese Penne Pasta Bake

She made dishes similar to this easy pasta bake. The pasta could be cooked and the dish assembled the night before – then all my mom would have to do is put the casserole dish in the oven while she helped us with our homework or did stuff around the house.

When I made this recipe, I tried to make it similar to dishes my mom would make for us. Using the Mezzetta Napa Valley homemade pasta sauces really gives this dish a lot of flavor and saves you time. I know how busy everyone’s schedules are!

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I used the traditional Marinara Mezzetta pasta sauce for this recipe, but you could use any of the 6 flavors for maximum flavor: Tomato & Sweet Basil, Spicy Marinara, Roasted Garlic & Caramelized Onions, Parmesan, Asiago & Romano, Wild Mushroom, and Marinara.

We love the Mezzetta Napa Valley Homemade sauces because they are made from hand-selected plum tomatoes and are a family owned and operated company. Plus, you can’t go wrong with recipes made in the Italian tradition in a Napa Valley kitchen.

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Three Cheese Penne Pasta Bake

Three Cheese Penne Pasta Bake

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
This three cheese penne pasta bake is perfect for family meals! Get dinner on the table quickly and serve with a side salad and garlic bread.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound penne (cooked al dente)
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 25 ounce jar Mezzetta® Napa Valley Homemade™ pasta sauce

Instructions

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the cooked pasta, ricotta cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and 2 cups of the pasta sauce. Mix well, then pour this mixture into a 8x11 inch casserole dish.
  4. Drizzle the remaining pasta sauce on top of this mixture, then spread the last cup of mozzarella cheese over the top. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
© Jenny B - Honey and Birch
Category: pasta, dinner

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Head over to the Mezzetta #FallFlavors website and enter their latest giveaway. You have a chance to win the Perfect Pasta Night or several runner up prizes by entering you email on the campaign landing page!

Prizes:
• Grand Prize (1): Perfect Pasta Night. Cooking kit includes: Six (6) Mezzetta® Napa Valley Homemade™ Pasta Sauces + Dried Pasta + Apron + Grocery Tote + Chef’s Hat + Cheese Grater + Recipe Cards + $500 grocery gift card

• Runner Up Prizes (10): Six (6) Mezzetta® Napa Valley Homemade™ Pasta Sauces + Recipe Cards

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  17. I like to make baked Rigatoni with spicy Italian sausage and I would love to try it with Mezzetta’s Spicy Marinara sauce to give it some extra heat.

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  19. I love those Mezzetta sauces! Baked penne is something we regularly make when cooking for a crowd. It’s always popular – and so easy to put together!

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  20. I am loving all of that cheese! I need to try the Mezzetta’s sauces one of these days. I am a huge fan of their hot chili peppers, they are part of one of my families favorite recipes 🙂

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  23. My favourite meal! I love how cheesy and gooey it looks! If I had the sauce, I would probably do my pasta-bake, however, a good and simple spaghetti and meatballs never has any complaints!

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  51. I would have to make my vegetable lasagna that my kids favorite meal! 🙂 I am gonna have to make this recipe, looks sooo yummy! 🙂

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  57. I’d like to try the Roasted Garlic and Caramelized Onion sauce to make one of our favorite weeknight meals – Turkey Italian Sausage with Pasta and Sauce.

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  69. I would love to start off making a homemade cannelloni using the tomato & basil. Then I would love to try the THREE CHEESE PENNE PASTA BAKE!

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  84. The roasted garlic and caramelized onion variety would be nice with our spaghetti actually. Always love to have garlic flavors for the sauce.

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  98. My mouth is watering looking at that pasta dish! Delicioso!!!
    I think I might want to make stuffed shells or rigatoni tomorrow night!

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