Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Meatballs and Penne with Creamy Pesto Marinara

 I needed an easy skillet meal.  So I created one!
Meatballs and Penne with Creamy Pesto Marinara 

It started with a freebie from HEB - buy the pasta, get the sauce.  To that I added a bag of frozen meatballs, with half a block of cream cheese and half a jar of basil pesto that I had in the fridge.  Plus some onion (not pictured).  
I started off by sauteing some chopped onion in olive oil while the water boiled for the pasta.
When the onions were soft, I added the pesto and cream cheese. cooking and stirring until the cream cheese was melted.  Then I added the jar of marinara and the package of thawed meatballs and covered it to stay warm, until the pasta was ready.
When the pasta was done, I drained it and added to the sauce, then topped with parmesan.
Not bad for about 15 minutes of cooking time after a busy day!


Gina

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