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Mostaccioli with Beef and Turkey

Mostaccioli with Beef and Turkey is a flavorful tomato pasta bake. I like to serve bread and salad on the side.

Mostaccioli with Beef and Turkey is great if you are feeding a large crowd and don’t want to spend a lot of money. This Mostaccioli recipe is full of mild spices, chunks of tomatoes and cheese.  I love serving this with homemade garlic bread and a side salad. 

I had a huge birthday celebration for my 30th and hosted it at our home. We opted to make this Mostaccioli because we could easily feed a lot of people good food for not a lot of money.

Mixing the ground beef with a leaner cut of meat such as ground turkey or ground chicken will keep the meat from drying out while maintaining a lower calorie count. Mostaccioli would also be great with portobello mushrooms cut up and beef if you did not want all the meat.

Stove Top & Oven

Recipe serves: 8

Serving size: 1 cup

Total time: 1 hour

Let's grocery shop!

I am assuming you have salt and pepper. It is not included in pantry and spices. If you don’t want to buy two different kinds of meat then just buy your favorite. I have also made this will ground chicken and pork the results were fantastic.

Pantry & Spices

  • dried basil
  • dried oregano
  • marjoram

Grocery

  • 1 - medium onion
  • 1 - garlic clove
  • 1 - pound ground beef
  • 1 - pound ground turkey
  • 1 - penne pasta 16 oz
  • 1 - can Italian diced tomato 14.5 oz
  • 1 - can crushed tomatoes 15 oz
  • 1 - can tomato paste 6 oz
  • 1 - ricotta cheese 15 oz
  • 1 - grated parmesan cheese 8 oz
  • 1 - mozzarella cheese 8 oz

Tip from me

You can freeze the 1/2 the pound of ground beef and ground turkey and use it in the following recipes: 

Let's prep!

Let's cook!

  1. Complete prep from prep tab above.
  2. Put on a large pot of water to boil
  3. Preheat oven to 350°
  4. In a large skillet over medium heat add:
    • 3/4 pound ground beef
    • 1/4 pound ground turkey
    • onion
  5. Cook the meat and onion until the meat is brown and the onion is tender
  6. Drain the meat mixture
  7. Add the garlic for 1 minute
  8. Add:
    • Italian diced tomatoes
    • crushed tomatoes
    • tomato paste
    • 1/3 cup water
    • spice bowl of oregano, basil, salt and pepper
  9. Simmer covered stirring occasionally for 15 minutes 
  10. Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook to package directions
  11. Drain pasta and coat the 13x9x2 baking dish with cooking spray or use 1/2 teaspoon of oil with a paper towel
  12. Assemble the baking dish spreading each ingredient evenly:
    • 1 cup meat sauce
    • half the penne pasta
    • half of the remaining meat sauce
    • ricotta cheese
    • the remainder penne
    • the remainder meat sauce
    • sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese
  13. Bake uncovered for 30 to 45 minutes. Enjoy!

This recipe can also be found in Weekly Dinners for 4 under $100 – Menu 8

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