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Mar
13
2015Mexi-Style Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Bacon Pasta Bake
Tags: cheddar cheese, mexican, pasta, weeknight dinner
My Mexi-Style Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Bacon Pasta Bake is a simple weeknight dinner idea the whole family is going to love!
There’s nothing I love more than a new simple to prepare weeknight dinner recipe! I had a blast creating this new recipe in partnership with Imagine Foods. Their line of creamy soups are amazing. So many delicious varieties. Visit Imaginefoods.com to check out all 20 creamy and delicious flavors, as well as a $1 off coupon.
For my recipe today I used this delicious Creamy Tomato Soup.
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To start, cook your pasta according to package directions.
Melt butter in a large skillet.
Add your cooked drained pasta.
A little salt and pepper.
A little garlic salt and bacon pieces stirred into the pasta.
You’ll need 2 cups of the Creamy Tomato Soup.
A little cumin, paprika and some diced tomatoes with peppers.
Transfer soup to a large skillet and top with fresh cilantro leaves. Pour pasta right on top.
Top with cheese please!
Time to bake!
Oodles of melted cheese. I just died.
Wait until you get your hands on this dish. You are going to love it! Enjoy 🙂
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Mexi-Style Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Bacon Pasta Bake
Prep time: 15 min | Cook time: 20min | Total time: 35 min
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound dry/uncooked penne pasta, I used mini
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup cooked crumbled bacon
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 Cups Imagine Creamy Tomato Soup
- 1/2 cup diced tomatoes with peppers
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 cup fresh chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Directions
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Place butter into a large skillet over medium heat to melt. When melted add pasta, bacon pieces, garlic salt and pepper. Stir to combine them remove from heat.
- Place Imagine Creamy Tomato Soup into a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in cumin and paprika to combine. Pour soup into bottom of a 10 inch cast iron skillet. Sprinkle with cilantro leaves then top with pasta. Top with cheese and bake for 20 minutes, until cheese is melted. Remove and serve warm.
Makes 4-6 Servings
This post in in partnership with Imagine Foods however thoughts and opinions are my own.
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I’m a man who loves bacon + Cheese + Mexican. This is a homrun in my book! My wife says her love language is bacon. The family is going to love this winner! And now we are starting to buy almost everything organic I’ll have to check out the Imagine product line. We are getting freaked out by not eating organic foods these days.
This is a nice twist.. I really am intrigued by trying this recipe.. will let you know how my family reacts…
What cheesy, gooey deliciousness!
All that cheese!! Yum! Love the addition of bacon, yess!!
Cheesy pastas are the best!
Wow!!! That cheesy stuff, its so mouthwatering!!!
Oh goodness – that looks irresistible! Pass a fork!
Love that creamy & cheesy pasta with BACON, yummmm 🙂
This is so creative! I love the idea of layering tomato soup, pasta, & cheese in a casserole dish.
Totally into this pasta!! Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
I love tomato and basil! This pasta dish looks delish! YUM.
This looks so cheesy and spicy and delicious!!!
What oven temperature does it bake at?
This looks so yummy! I’m gonna need to make this!
Your recipes seem to be so high fat. Do you ever post low fat / calorie conscious recipes?
My mouth is watering so much… I hope I have a similar result when I try it!
This looks so ridiculously good! I’ve had imagine soups before (I love the corn one!) but I never thought to turn them into a sauce like this. Super creative idea!
Oh my word, this looks so delicious!!
What a creative recipe to use their soup! Looks delicious and easy for family dinner!!
What a fun way to use soup!! I am dying at all that gooey cheese too! Yum!
This turned out really really good! I didn’t have diced tomatoes and chilis, so I just left that out. My 10yr is a picky eater that is just starting to venture out in food. She loved this!!!!!! It was creamy, hint of spice and lots of bacony goodness!
She’s been perusing the older recipes here to find another one she wants to try.
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The recipe does not state when to add the diced tomatoes and peppers, although your picture tutorial does. There is also no oven temperature given anywhere. I am guessing it’s 350. Looking forward to making this for dinner tonight.
So- as this is now in a regular rotation in our house, I thought I’d share a few variations:
ground sausage browned/crumbled in place of the bacon. I used sweet/mild kind.
So- as this is now in a regular rotation in our house, I thought I’d share a few variations:
ground sausage browned/crumbled in place of the bacon. I used sweet/mild kind.I
bratwurst sausage(fresh kind I used Johnsonville original)- I had a ton of leftovers from a cook out. I diced the cooked brats up and put in this recipe. very good. I’ve also made it from raw brats- remove the casing, and brown/crumble the sausage.
smoked sausage- slice, dice and toss it in.
ham- slice and dice and toss it in.
cooked chicken- slice and diced or shredded
The only thing i haven’t used is browned hamburger. That’s next.
Thanks alot – your answer solved all my problems after several days stlgrguing
Please check your recipe and realize you’ve forgotten important info, like how hot the oven needs to be…..
Diced tomatoes and peppers on the ingredient list. Don’t see them in the instructions.