Baked Penne

Ingredients

• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese spread 
• 3 cups penne pasta cooked
• 0.5 lb extra-lean ground beef 
• 1 tsp garlic powder 
• 1 tsp penzey's southwest seasoning dried italian
• 2 Tbsp milk 
• 0.5 cup onions and peppers green chopped
• 24 oz classico family favorites pasta sauce traditional
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded divided kraft

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients in medium bowl; set aside. Brown meat with vegetables in large nonstick skillet. Stir in pasta sauce, cream cheese mixture and 1/2 cup mozzarella; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until mozzarella is melted.
3. Add pasta; mix lightly.
4. Spoon into 2-qt. casserole; top with remaining mozzarella. Cover.
5. Bake 20 min. or until heated through, uncovering after 15 min.