Four Cheese Pasta Florentine

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We love having a warm, cheesy pasta casserole on the table, and four kinds of cheese make this one extra special.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

45 min

servings

total:

4 servings

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What You Need

cups mostaccioli, uncooked

pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach

oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN 2% Milkfat Low Fat Cottage Cheese

eggs

pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

1/4

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

Make It

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

COOK pasta as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, cook spinach as directed on package; drain well. Place in large bowl. Add cream cheese; stir until melted. Stir in cottage cheese and eggs until well blended.

DRAIN pasta. Add to spinach mixture with mozzarella; mix lightly. Spoon into 8- or 9-inch square baking dish; top with Parmesan.

BAKE 25 min. or until center is set.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Enjoy your favorite foods while keeping portion size in mind.

Preparing Perfect Pasta

Follow the package directions to ensure that enough water is used for cooking the pasta. Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until al dente (tender but still a little firm to the bite), stirring frequently. To prevent pasta from sticking, add it slowly to plenty of boiling water and stir frequently while cooking. Adding oil to the cooking water is not recommended because some sauces may not cling to pasta coated with oil.

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a cook

posted:4/6/2010

This was a hit with both of my boys. Often it is hard to find something all 3 of us like, we all have different preferences, but pasta is usually where we all meet. I did add well seasoned chicken, and I left out the spinach and it was amazing!

lynnsaccio

posted:4/5/2010

Great recipe! I did add Chicken and I up in the whole 8oz of cream cheese, or it wouldn't have been saucy enough. Two grown men plus myself ate off it and there's still plently left over! I will make this again for sure.

a cook

posted:4/5/2010

This was delicious and a huge hit with the family! Super easy too. The only thing I added was some black pepper.

tdmickells

posted:4/3/2010

My family loved this and devoured the leftovers. I cut the mozzarella in half, to 1 C and it was still delicious!

ashleyf430

posted:4/2/2010

My husband is still raving about this pasta, and I made it 3 days ago! I added some ingredients though. I wanted to make it a pasta meal so I added 2 chicken breasts, chopped and sauteed in italian dressing. And we like a lot of flavor in our food so I added 2 minced garlic cloves, and salt/pepper to taste. Outstanding and EASY!! Will def make again!

peytonsmommy1

posted:4/1/2010

My family thought this was really good and I loved how easy it was to put together!! I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese and a 6 Italian cheese blend. Next time I'm going to add some garlic and maybe Italian seasoning, but it's fine how it is.

jmayers

posted:3/23/2010

I modified published ingredients using 2 cups of uncooked pasta, 1 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, 4 oz. Mozzarella cheese and half package of spinich. I also added heaping soup-spoon of minced garlic and rounded teaspoon of dried Italian seasoning. Turned out yummy.

a cook

posted:3/21/2010

The recipe was a bit disappointing. I followed everything exactly,and yes it turned out really bland. I would make it again because it was pretty simple, but I'm going to have to add some kind of spice to give it some flavor.

kolleenquinn

posted:3/20/2010

This recipe was okay. It was bland, even with the pre-cooked chicken that I added to it. It's like it's missing some sort of spice or seasoning. I used about 8 oz. of spinach upon the other recommendations, which seemed like plenty. I'd make it again b/c it makes a decent meat-free dish (especially during lent.)

a cook