So as you all know, I LOVE pasta! But it really isn't diet friendly by an means and it's soo hard to find recipes that are healthy! Leave it to Cooking Light to solve this problem for me.
I bring you a lightened up version of Baked Rigatoni with a delicious home-made tomato sauce! This tasted absolutely amazing and seriously cut about 150 calories compared to a typical serving of cheesy rigatoni. PLUS you can't go wrong when red wine is called in your pasta dish...yum!
Since I didn't get home from work til about 6:30, I lost a lot of sunlight outside and was super disappointed my pictures didn't turn out as well as I had wanted. I really need to build a little studio!! Sigh...sadly I digress. This still turned out to be the perfect dish for a lazy week night and yielded a TON of leftovers for you to pack for your other half's lunch the next day :)
Satisfaction = complete.
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Servings:8
Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories: 305
Fat: 9 g
Carbs: 30.5 g
Fiber: 2.3 g
Protein: 24 g
Old Points: 6.4 pts
Points+: 8 pts
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Here are your ingredients:
Recipe adapted from Cooking Light
4 cups Tomato Sauce
1 lb. ground round
4 cups cooked rigatoni (about 2 1/2 cups uncooked pasta)
1 1/2 cups (6 oz) shredded fat-free mozzarella cheese, divided
Cooking spray
1/4 cup (1 oz) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
Prepare Tomato Sauce.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cook ground beef in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned; stir to crumble. Drain well. Combine beef, rigatoni, Tomato Sauce, and 1 cup mozzarella in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with 1/2 cup mozzarella and grated Parmesan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
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54 lovely comments:
Yum!!! Loove me some pasta! :D
Hey Kelly! This looks delicious..and I love that it is a light version! I must try out this recipe. Delish! I love the dish that it is in as well.
The pictures are perfect Kelly! I love the cheese topping, can't wait to dive in!
It sounds delicious. :)
Diet friendly pasta-well that does get my vote. Your pictures look amazing-yum!
pasta looks fabulous with the cheese
Mmm love me a good pasta dish-so comforting!! and i must try that sauce!
Mmmmmm....I love pasta too! This looks fantastic!
I just discovered your blog through your guest post on Taste and Tell and I love your site! I'm definitely going to be trying some of these healthy recipes soon.
I love how you lightened up this dish. It sounds wonderful...no flavor lost with those calories. I wouldn't mind eating a bowl of it right now :-)
HOW good does this look??!?! I need this immediately! :)
This is AMAZING. Cannot WAIT to try it. You are incredible!! I love this blog - it looks GREAT!
Ooooh I like this!!! I'm not crazy about pasta, but hubs can eat it day and night... thanks for the recipe, it's going onto my 'to make' list!
Looks GREAT!!! I may try it with ground turkey and whole wheat to save some extra calories!!!
Love,
Amy
I love baked pasta. Yours look so comforting. Thanks for sharing.
I love pasta,so this light version of yours is great for stuffing my face full of it! Yum.
Yummy :)
Pasta is one of my guilty pleasures. And being that it has cheese in it, is even better! This looks fantastic, without all the calories/fat! =]
Really fun to visit your blog! There are some great ideas here and I will be back when you post. Best from Montecito and thanks for your visit to FoodieTramp.
One of my all-time favorite meals. Thanks for finding light version and sharing! And, I am running into the same thing with photos, too! What do we do when daylight savings ends? Sigh...
MMMM, I love this lightened up varity! Look so good!!
What a wonderful dinner to make, I could go for this tonight:-)
This looks PERFECT...CL never fails to have great, healthy recipes. One of my go-to sites!!
Can't ever go wrong with a comforting pasta dish like this!!
i love pasta also and just looking at this really makes me want pasta. guess i will have to add it to the menu next week!
Looks good. I love when you can push a cheesy pasta dish in the direction of healthy.
Yum!! I love pasta dishes like this, and so does my family! Great recipe girl!
This what I call a Simple Soothing meal! Thanks for sharing1 :)
I'm sort of obsessed with rigatoni. I have to make this! Thanks for sharing Kelly!
always love pasta!! yaw look yummy.
Great recipe, Kelly! Being Italian, I could probably eat pasta every day, so its always nice to find lower-calorie pasta recipes!
Mmmmmmm....all that cheesy deliciousness is irresistible!
Cooking Light never disappoints! And pasta is always a winning comfort food in my house :) Definite winner. Hope you're having a great week!
Love that you lightened up a rigatoni dish! Looks wonderful! Your photos look nice, have you thought about getting a light box to use when you don't have the best outdoor light? I've been using one for most of my shots lately.
Kelly -this is fabulous! I've buzzed it...amazing!
Love baked pasta! Looks fantastic!
Delicious Kelly!
Looks Delicious Kelly!!
I like how you have made recipe to be healthy, nice and love it.
Excellent paste!! pulling me this dish make soon.
Awesome review, I like your article.
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Wow Kelly, I'm so glad you commented on my blog because you've got some AWESOME recipes up here! And I love that you include WW points & serving sizes too!
Can't wait to keep reading :D
Nice! I didn't know you could do a light 'rigatoni.' Looks just ask decadent and delicious as the full fat version :) And a great 'leftover lunch' dish! Buzzed
Oh I think this looks amazing! Yet again, you've made me so hungry!
And p.s. - I think your picture looks great! And if you do want to look into some studio lighting - I have a Lowell EGO Light that was less than $100 and works perfect for me when I get home too late or in the winter time!
I love pasta dishes and it's even better when it's "skinny"! Love this recipe, can't wait to try!
I can eat pasta seven days a week - always fun to find a lower-cal version - love Cooking Light for that! It looks scrumptious.
Very nice. I'm always looking to eat healthier and create healthier ways to cook.
Your a genius! Only 305 calories for a slice of all that cheesy goodness?! Sold!!
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Yum, pasta is so good - but you're right, it is hard to make without all of the extra calories in there! Thanks for this alternative :)
Rosie
Congrats on the Top 6 today, Twice, two at once!!! Your pasta looks wonderful, and it's a skinny version, which is even better.
Congrats on top 9 Kelly, well deserved. This is a great recipe. I love your pan.
I love pasta... but you're right.. it's on the "no-no list" :( But thats ok, because with dishes like this I can have it once in a while and not feel the guilt!
I love paste too! If you are on a diet or just trying to stay healthy then there are things you can do to make a meal healthier and slimming. Ty whole wheat pasta instead of white pasta flour and your meal with be a lot healthier and full of fiber.
Do you recommend any canned tomato sauces for this recipe? Would love to try the homemade but don't have the time tonight!
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