This summer salad is low in calories but strong in flavor. With a steak or grilled chicken, it is cooling.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 8 rotini pasta
- 1 (24 ounce) jar prepared marinara sauce
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup prepared pizza sauce
- ½ cup milk
- 10 frozen cooked meatballs, thawed
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- Stir rotini, marinara sauce, water, pizza sauce, and milk together in a bowl. Pour into a deep baking dish; pasta should be completely submerged in sauce. Cover dish tightly with foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes; uncover and arrange meatballs on top, pushing them partially into pasta and sauce; cover tightly with foil.
- Bake until pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, 20 to 30 minutes more.
- Uncover; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese; return to oven for 5 minutes. Remove and let cool 5 minutes before serving.
- This can be made with any homemade or store-bought pasta sauce, any homemade or store-bought meatballs, and mozzarella cheese, if you prefer.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 448 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 33 g |
| Cholesterol | 74 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 1045 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
We loved this. The sauce combo was delicious. I also love how easy oven pasta is. I used homemade mozzarella stuffed meatballs and boy were they great with this dish. I topped with a little mozzarella. Husband insists this should go into the regular rotation!