You don’t even must boil the pasta for this primary Dump and Bake Meatball Casserole! With purely 5 primary ingredients, family-friendly weeknight dinners don’t get quite a bit higher than this!
A wood spoon scooping meatball casserole from white baking dish
Hi, friends! I’ve been busy this fall coming up with primary weeknight answers to assist you get dinner on the desk FAST. After all, I determine that after I really have a parenting challenge to deal with, odds are nice that there are quite a bit of different mothers on the market who're also dealing with a same dilemma.
For me, it appears like I’m constantly making an attempt to determine out smooth methods to serve my household a sort of dinners that:
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are notably nutritious;
don’t require expensive/weird ingredients;
can be ready in a topic of minutes;
and that everybody really loves.
This dump-and-bake supper is totally considered one of these meals!
White dish filled with unload and bake meatball casserole garnished with parsley
Italian delicacies (and pasta specifically) is all the time a giant hit in my house. The greatest area of this remedy meals casserole, however, is that YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO BOIL THE PASTA!! Awesome, right?
You literally toss collectively a few dry pasta, a few frozen (fully cooked) meatballs, marinara sauce, and water in a giant baking dish. Cover it and bake it within the oven whereas you treat laundry, homework, feeding the dog, and all the 18909809832429508 different presents in your “To Do” list. Sprinkle a few cheese on higher to soften on the cease and dinner is DONE!
I wish that your household loves this simple, home-cooked supper as quite a bit as we do!
Close up of wood spoon with meatball and pasta casserole on it for serving
ENJOY THIS QUICK AND EASY DUMP-AND-BAKE MEATBALL CASSEROLE THAT COMES TOGETHER WITH JUST 5 KITCHEN STAPLES!
White baking dish with a wood spoon in it for serving meatball casserole
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Dump and Bake Meatball Casserole
You do not even must boil the pasta for this primary Dump and Bake Meatball Casserole! With purely 5 primary ingredients, family-friendly weeknight dinners do not get quite a bit higher than this!
Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian
Keyword casserole, dinner, Meatballs
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings four - 6 servings
Calories 461.4 kcal
Author Blair
Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package deal deal raw rotini pasta
1 (25 ounce) jar marinara sauce
3 cups water
1 (14 ounce) package deal deal fully-cooked miniature (cocktail-size) meatballs (if utilizing frozen meatballs, make certain that they're totally thawed earlier than using)
2 cups shredded mozzarella (or Italian mix cheese)
Optional: Parmesan cheese and recent chopped herbs (such as basil, oregano, and parsley for garnish)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 stages F.
In a enormous baking dish (about 9 x 13), stir collectively raw pasta, marinara sauce, water, and meatballs. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 35 minutes.
Uncover; stir. At this level you ought to verify the pasta to make certain that it's al dente (firm but simply about done cooking). If it’s nonetheless too hard, hide the dish and return to the oven till pasta is al dente. Then transfer on to the subsequent step.
Sprinkle mozzarella over the higher and bake exposed for 5-10 extra minutes (or till cheese is melted and pasta is tender).
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