If you’re looking for easy, tasty meals that the whole family will love, our cheeseburger pasta bake is just what you need. Rich beef, juicy tomatoes and filling pasta with a sprinkling of cheese – it’s all the flavours of a cheeseburger, in the form of a comforting pasta dish.
Here’s how to serve up a satisfying cheeseburger pasta bake that’ll have everyone rushing to the dinner table.
Slimming World cheeseburger pasta bake
serves 4
3 Swips per serving
ready in 40 minutes
What you need:
500g lean beef mince (5% fat or less)
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 level tbsp low-sugar-and-salt tomato ketchup
1 level tbsp American-style mustard
400g can chopped tomatoes
250ml boiling stock, made with 1 beef stock cube
400g dried penne pasta
75g gherkins, roughly chopped, plus extra to serve
60g Cheddar, grated
100g mozzarella, torn
mixed salad, to serve
What you do:
1. Spritz a large, deep, non-stick frying pan with 1 cal cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Tip in the beef, onion and oregano and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often and breaking up the beef with a wooden spoon, until the beef is browned.
2. Add the Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, mustard, chopped tomatoes and stock to the pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the pack instructions. Just before the pasta is ready, pour 100ml of the pasta water into the beef mixture, then reduce the frying pan heat to low.
4. Drain the pasta, then stir it through the beef and season lightly. Spoon the mixture into a medium baking dish and sprinkle over the gherkins and both types of cheese. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until bubbling. Scatter with the remaining gherkins, grind over some black pepper and serve with the mixed salad.