Sneaky Veggie Cheeseburger Pasta🥕🍔🍝
A creamy, cheesy delicious meal for your family that is also loaded with protein and veggies! I made this the other day and my 4 year old was asking for more and my husband loved it!
Ingredients:
•23 oz marinara jar
•23 oz beef broth (mix in the marinara jar)
•1 cup of chopped green beans
•1 cup of frozen kale
•1 cup chopped carrots
•1 lbs ground beef
•10 oz of pasta of your choice
•8 oz softened cream cheese
•1/4 cup mozzarella
•1/4 Parmesan
•2 slices of American cheese
•Salt and pepper
•1/2 tablespoon gourmet burger seasoning
Instructions:
Pour the entire jar of marinara sauce in a large pot over medium to high heat. Then fill that same jar with beef broth, cover it with the lid and give it a good shake to get all the marinara sauce that was left in the jar. Pour the broth in the pot. Drop in all of the vegetables and cover the lid. Allow that to cook until your carrots are soft enough for a fork to go through them.
While the sauce is simmering, you can cook your beef in a separate pan at medium heat until it is thoroughly cooked through. Be sure to drain any extra fat. I added gourmet burger seasoning and it gave such a nice touch of flavor!
Next you can cook the pasta of your choice in a separate pot. Simply follow the cooking directions outside the package for this one! Be sure to drain your pasta once it’s finished.
Once the veggies are nice and cooked through, you can either pour all of the sauce/veggies in a blender or use an immersion blender to blend the veggies and sauce together. I didn’t blend it too much since I enjoy having larger pieces of veggies, but if you have some picky eaters, be sure to blend it all the way until it’s nice and smooth. Now, at this point, it’s not the most appetizing looking meal on the planet, but stick with me! It gets better - I promise.
Now you can pour in the ground beef and all of the cheese. Mix it all together and then add the heavy cream. Once it is completely mixed together, add in your pasta and then the salt and pepper (to taste).
And it’s finished! You will have an absolutely delicious cheeseburger pasta loaded with veggies - the best part is that your loved ones will never even realize they are eating a mouth-watering bowl of cheesy pasta full of kale and carrots🤗
