Meijer penne pasta with meatballs, warmed
A packaged dinner needs only heat and the right pan treatment to feel like something you chose. You have all the elements here: tender penne, meatballs, and tomato sauce that will taste fresher if you add garlic and butter at the end.
About 170 calories a serving, 10 g protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 14 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
From your shelf
- 1 package penne pasta with meatballs, meatballs (Meijer)
Staples
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cloves garlic
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat until foaming, then add the entire contents of the package.
- Stir gently and often, breaking up any clumps of pasta, until the penne and meatballs are heated through and the sauce is simmering, about 8 minutes.
- Mince 2 cloves garlic and stir it into the pan off heat, then taste and season with salt and pepper.
Note You could swap butter for olive oil, or add a handful of grated cheese at the end. Leftovers keep, covered, in the fridge for three days and reheat gently with a splash of water. Serve with crusty bread or a side salad to stretch the meal.
On the label
PENNE PASTA (COOKED PENNE PASTA (SEMOLINA [WHEAT], ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT), SPAGHETTI SAUCE (TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), TOMATOES, WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 2% OF: CORN SYRUP, DRIED ONIONS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, VEGETABLE OIL (COTTONSEED, AND/OR SOYBEAN), CITRIC ACID, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, CALIUM CHLORIDE), PRECOOKED MEATBALLS (BEEF, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, SEASONING [BREAD CRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, AND YEAST), DRIED ONION, PARMESAN / ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, DRIED CELERY, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, RICE FLOUR, MALT EXTRACT], TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE [SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR, ZINC OXIDE, NIACINAMIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, COPPER GLUCONATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (B1) PYRIDOXINE (B6) RIBOFLAVIN (B2) AND CYANOCOBALAMIN (B12)] TOMATO PASTE, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, AND SODIUM PHOSPHATE), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), PARSLEY FLAKES.
Meijer, other deli, serving 272 GRM, package 9.6 oz/272 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as meatballs, penne. Half of it left? Use up the meatballs.