Delicious Family Friendly Meal

Submitted by Cassandra Jennings

Meatball Pasta Bake

Delicious Family Friendly Meal
5 from 1 vote
Serving: 6
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • • 1 x 500g Bag of Pasta Shells (Your Choice)
  • • Meatballs (Prepackaged from supermarket)
  • Grated cheese
  • • Pasta Bake Jar Sauce
  • • Chopped Onion

Instructions
 

  • 1) Half brown onion and meatballs in a frypan.
  • 2) Place both inside your slow cooker.
  • 3) Pour Pasta Bake Jar Sauce (Your Choice of Flavor) over the top plus one jar of water.
  • 4) Cook on high for 3 hrs.
  • 5) Boil Pasta Shells on your stove but only half cook them. Rinse them off this removes starch and place them ontop of your meatballs in your slow cooker.
  • 6) Stir Gently, Combining it altogether.
  • 7) Place grated cheese over the top and place slow cooker lid on top of your cooker. Turn your slow cooker off as the cheese will still melt without leaving it on.
  • 8) Leave for 30 minutes ....
  • Serve it up to your loved ones xxx Enjoy!
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central

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13 Comments

  1. Kate

    The photo on here doesn’t do this meal justice, it is way yummier than it looks. My hubby said it was the best pasta he’s ever eaten…and he’s eaten a lot of pasta! I would recommend pre cooking the pasta for only a few minutes as the pasta was a little over cooked but still yummy.

  2. Clare

    Very yummy!!! I added puréed zucchini, mushroom and carrot to mine and didn’t bother pre cooking the pasta, just threw it in half an hour before switching it off low heat and it turned out beautiful.

  3. Clare

    Was very yummy, I added puréed zucchini, mushroom and carrot to mine and didn’t bother pre cooking the pasta just threw it in half an hour before I switched it off.

  4. clare wasley

    Absolutely beautiful. I added puréed zucchini, carrot and mushroom and didn’t bother pre cooking the pasta, just. Threw it in half an hour before turning off heat. Turned out fabulous

  5. Deb

    Had this tonight and it was delicious! Will be adding this one to our ever growing list of must makes lol

  6. Yasmin Morrison

    Lovely ? Made it straight to the directions. I was worried about the sauce seeming to be runny but once the nearly cooked pasta was added it soaked most of it up and the cheese thickned the rest nicely. Will be making again.

  7. Jules

    This was very tasty but wouldn’t use as much pasta next time. It was so easy & very yummy.

  8. Tracey Davies

    Used precooked chicken meatballs, added small handful of marinated olives and 12 mushrooms sliced plus 1tbsp minced garlic. Added pasta raw at the end cooked for additional 1hr.
    Hearty & filling comfort food ?

  9. Lyn Douglass

    This was really tasty. An easy meal well worth trying. We all enjoyed it totally. I did add some spinach and used Pesto Basil & Parmesan Pasta Bake.

  10. Jamie Taane

    Has anyone tried adding the pasta straight in raw?

    1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central

      There won’t be enough liquid to take raw pasta (See HERE)

  11. Tracey Davies

    Lovely & filling. Added 1tbsp minced garlic, 10 mushrooms sliced. 700g Passata instead of pasta bake sauce. Added 250g dried pasta 45m before end of cooking time and half cup grated cheese. Cooked on low last 45m. Delish ?

  12. Lyn Douglass

    5 stars
    Such an easy & delicious meal allowing you to add any veg of your choice. Inexpensive, filling & very few ingredients allowing quick prep time. 3rd time we’ve made this & leftovers freeze well also.

5 from 1 vote

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