This hearty Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake is full of delicious fresh vegetables, loaded with cheese, and best of all only takes ONE pot to make! Your family will beg for this meal!
In an effort to spend more time as a family eating, we decided to throw together an Easy Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake for dinner. Taking less than 20 minutes from start to finish, it is a super quick and easy family friendly meal. Who doesn’t love pasta, anyway?!
How to make 20 Minute Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake:
- Chop up the vegetables. I like fresh zucchini and mushrooms, but you could also add asparagus, yellow squash, broccoli, cauliflower, or whatever vegetables you like best.
- Boil water in a large pot, and add the noodles. When there is about 2 minutes left until the noodles are finished, add the chopped vegetables into the water. Cook 2 more minutes then drain the noodles and vegetables.
- Add everything back to the empty pot, then pour the sauce (Homemade Marinara sauce recipe) into the pot, add a handful of mozzarella cheese, and mix everything up!
- Pour the pasta mixture into a baking dish, add more cheese and Italian seasonings on the top, then broil for a few minutes to melt and brown the cheese- YUM!
What to serve with Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake:
- Want to add more protein to your Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake? Whip up Skinny Baked Chicken Parmesan to serve alongside the pasta. This chicken dish is healthy and only takes about 20 minutes to cook as well!
- Make homemade garlic bread! This Best Ever Easy Garlic Bread recipe has been pinned over 20,000 times and there is a reason why – it’s EAST, DELICIOUS, and a PERFECT SIDE DISH!
- I love making an easy Wedge Salad to serve with this Easy Cheesy Veggie Pasta Bake as well. Go all out and make homemade chunky bleu cheese dressing for the wedge salad and your family will thank you!
Items you may need to make this dish:
- Colander for straining the pasta and vegetables.
- large pot is essential for boiling the pasta and vegetables, then mixing with sauce after straining.
- A baking dish will be used to broil the pasta dish. It needs to be oven safe!
- A cutting board will be needed to chop the vegetables!
- My Favorite santoku knife is going to help you chop your vegetables like a pro!
Want to make the meat eaters version of this? Checkout this Baked Mostaccioli (Easy Classic Recipe)!
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This hearty Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake is full of delicious fresh vegetables, loaded with cheese, and best of all only takes ONE pot to make! Your family will beg for this meal!
- 1 lb pasta (your choice, I like spirals or bow ties for this recipe!)
- 1 medium zucchini , chopped
- 8 oz baby bella mushrooms , diced (other variety would be fine too)
- 16 ounces pasta sauce , your choice on type – I like marinara or a chunky vegetable variety
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese , shredded and divided
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese , shredded
- 1 TBS Italian seasoning
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Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add pasta and cook according to package directions. When there is 2 minutes left before the pasta is done, add zucchini and mushrooms into pot. Cook remaining 2 minutes. Strain.
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Preheat broiler on high.
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Add pasta sauce to pot, then add the strained pasta/veggies into the sauce. Mix well. Add 1/3 cup of mozzarella cheese into pot. Mix well.
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Grease a large casserole dish with cooking spray, and then dump pasta mixture into baking dish. Top with remaining 2/3 cup mozzarella and 1/4 cup parmesan cheeses. Sprinkle Italian seasoning over the top.
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Place under the broiler and cook for 3-5 minutes. Watch closely as it can burn quickly and cook time depends on oven. When the cheese is bubbly and browning remove from oven.
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Serve and enjoy!
Maria Constanza Oller Martin says
It does look yummy love the mushrooms touch (wonderful replacement to meat) I usually add veggies to the pasta but I think we need more portobello and Bella mushroom
Allyson says
Mushrooms definitely give it a meaty boost!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
My kids LOVE dinners like this. Actually we all do, but they are far more fussy 🙂
adashofsanity says
This looks so good and simple – thanks for sharing! I love your wall paper!!!
Allyson says
Thanks, Sandra! I actually did a wall stencil in the dining room- you can check it out here: https://domesticsuperhero.com/2013/09/19/dining-room-makeover/
Jessica @EatSleepBe says
That looks like a recipe even I can make. Thanks!!
Jennifer Brazil says
This looks really good and easy to make which is just what I love!
Jen V says
Your recipe looks yummy! It would be great for busy weeknights when my kids have activities and I don’t have much time to cook.
milenabarrett says
That’s awesome that Barilla is donating meals to Feeding America. Thanks for spreading the word. Recipe looks yummy, plus I love Barilla brand products!
Amy Desrosiers says
Adding mushrooms to my pasta dishes is so delicious! I love the flavor pairings!
Pam (@pamwattenbarger) says
That pasta bake looks delicious! I have always like Barilla brand pasta.
Dawn Lopez (@dawnchats) says
Wow.. I can make THAT in 20 minutes! Sign me up! That looks phenomenal!
mamatomanyblessings says
LOVE their products, they taste SO good – our family buys the pasta and sauce all the time!
Aly Mashrah says
Your recipe looks delicious! I love the idea behind this campaign. It’s so important for families to eat together more, especially in today’s busy world.
Lisa Jones acouponaddict says
Looks Delicious Will Have To Make The Recipe For My Family!
blm03 says
I’m going to try and make this! Looks yummy!
Lois Alter Mark says
That looks delicious, and I like the idea that it’s fast and easy to make. I love that Barilla is giving money to such an important cause, too.
Trisha says
I think this dish would be a great way to get my daughter to eat zucchini. It looks delicious!
KatyRose says
Love the Share the Table message! As a kid we ALWAYS ate family dinner and I really think that is one of the reasons why my siblings and I are still so close. We learned how to talk and communicate over our daily dinner. – Katy
Liz Mays says
Mmmm, all that gooey cheese along with the sauce and pasta sounds wonderful. Hearty meals are a fave of mine.
Mommy2Jam says
This looks so good! WIll you cook for me too? LOL I am going to make this for my boys.
Debbie Denny says
Love Barilla products. The recipe is fantastic and I will give it a try.
Janeane M. Davis says
As a busy wife and mother, 20 minute meals are a great friend.
Lexie Lane says
I’m trying this tonight! We love pasta at home and this looks different for sure from what we normally have!
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
A dish that looks that good in only 20 minutes?! Sign me up. We love pasta in our house so I am always searching for quick and easy recipes to try for busy nights. Anything that tastes good and comes together in under 30 minutes is a total win!
WomenMLM says
I love what Barilla is doing and I definitely can relate with such busy lifestyles with three children in activities, school, and working from home, having dinner made quickly is critical in the Rogers household. This looks so good, I will be stopping at store just to pick this up today. Thank you for the suggestion and recipe!
wendy @ ABCs and Garden Peas says
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such perfectly melted cheese! I want it now!
naivecookcooks says
This recipe looks so yummy!
marzena says
can we throw it in the oven also??? instead of broiler?
Allyson says
Yes, that would totally work but may take a little more time to melt the cheese! I would put it at 400-450 and watch as it melts!
Amy Bickel says
Do you have any other suggestions of veggies instead of the mushrooms that would work with this cooking method? I didnt know you could throw veggies in the pasta water and they would cook! Could you do it with peppers, carrots, anything like that?
Allyson says
I haven’t tried any other veggies, but I probably wouldn’t recommend carrots. I think peppers, zucchini, summer squash, asparagus would all work!
jordan says
How many does this serve?
Allyson says
Should serve 5-6 depending on how much you eat 🙂
Jimy says
OMG !! cheese !! I am the biggest fan of cheese. Definitely I would try this recipes at my home.
Thank’s
Allyson says
You will LOVE it!
Karlynn says
This sounds like my kind of dish! My family would devour this and ask for more.
Trish Rosenquist says
All that CHEEESE!!! Love it! Oh yeah, and those veggies too 😉 YUMMY!
Dee says
I’m trying to make more meatless meals, and I can’t wait to try this!
Katerina @ diethood .com says
WOW!! That cheese is ahhmaaazing!! My family would love, LOVE this dish!! I can’t wait to make it!!
Jacque Hastert says
This might be the only way I can get my kiddos to start eating their veggies at dinner time.
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
I love this dish any day of the week! When I saw those mushrooms, that made it for me!
Jessica |Novice Chef says
This is right up my alley this week! YUM!
Nia says
Fried veg and used little pasta sauce and lots of cheese!!!! Baning meal
Alekhya says
Omg Allyson! I just love the combo of cheese with mushrooms. Made the dish several times over the past 2 months and am now writing up to appreciate your yummy work. I just avoided zucchini and added peppers as per our taste. Thank you for the speediest and tastiest recipe!