Baked Eggplant and Pasta

Name: Baked Eggplant and Pasta
Prep time: 58 min
Cook time: 58 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 946 milliliters cubed peeled eggplant (about 1 small); 177 milliliters 1% low-fat cottage cheese; 85 grams 3/4 cup pre-shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese; 473 milliliters low-fat pasta sauce; 170 grams 1/4 cups uncooked rotini (corkscrew-shaped pasta)

Baked Eggplant and Pasta might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 300 calories, 19g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 58 minutes. Head to the store and pick up eggplant, cottage cheese, pasta sauce, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Oven

Place eggplant in a single layer on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Eggplant

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 425 for 15 minutes or until tender, stirring once.

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Oven

Remove eggplant from oven, and reduce oven temperature to 40

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Eggplant

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Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; drain.

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Pasta

Salt

Spread 1/4 cup pasta sauce in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. (

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Cooking Spray

Pasta Sauce

Spread

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Baking Pan

Layer will be thin.) Arrange pasta over sauce. Top with eggplant and spoonfuls of cottage cheese. Spoon remaining pasta sauce over top. Cover loosely with foil, and bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, and bake an additional 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

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Mozzarella