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!
Want to bring your pasta bake to the next level? Use this delicious Homemade Marinara Sauce!
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
- ¼ 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 ⅓ 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 ⅔ cup mozzarella and ¼ 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!
naivecookcooks
This recipe looks so yummy!
marzena
can we throw it in the oven also??? instead of broiler?
Allyson
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
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
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
How many does this serve?
Allyson
Should serve 5-6 depending on how much you eat 🙂
Jimy
OMG !! cheese !! I am the biggest fan of cheese. Definitely I would try this recipes at my home.
Thank's
Allyson
You will LOVE it!
Karlynn
This sounds like my kind of dish! My family would devour this and ask for more.
Trish Rosenquist
All that CHEEESE!!! Love it! Oh yeah, and those veggies too 😉 YUMMY!
Dee
I'm trying to make more meatless meals, and I can't wait to try this!
Katerina @ diethood .com
WOW!! That cheese is ahhmaaazing!! My family would love, LOVE this dish!! I can't wait to make it!!
Jacque Hastert
This might be the only way I can get my kiddos to start eating their veggies at dinner time.
Patricia @ Grab a Plate
I love this dish any day of the week! When I saw those mushrooms, that made it for me!
Jessica |Novice Chef
This is right up my alley this week! YUM!
Nia
Fried veg and used little pasta sauce and lots of cheese!!!! Baning meal
Alekhya
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!
Yamini
Thanks for sharing "Allyson" for this "Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake", thanks for sharing this one, will surely gonna try this one. It actually seem so delicious, thanks for sharing this one. Hope my kids will love this one.
Alishka
Love this 20 minute Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake and I really like that pasta stuffing in it . Will love to try this one.
sara
Love this Cheesy Vegetable Pasta Bake recipe , this one seems super delicious. II am super excited to try this one , Thanks for sharing with us .
Mara
Could I prepare this dish to freeze and be cooked at a later time? Thanks.
Allyson
Yes! I would just wrap it up for the freezer, then either defrost in the fridge overnight, or if cooking from frozen, put foil over the top and bake for 60 minutes, then uncover and bake 15 more minutes.
Beth
I love the ingredients here. We are a family of carnivores. Could I add cooked ground beef to this?
Juliane
This is SO good! My mom and i really enjoyed this!
Sandra
Can't wait to make this again! It was really good and easy to prepare!
Erin | Dinners, Dishes and Dessert
Such a fantastic meal! My family would love this!
Catalina
Pasta is always a favorite in our house! My family will love this pasta dish!
Tisha
This looks so yummy! can't go wrong with pasta!