Perfect Pasta and Cheese

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup breadcrumbs fresh
• 0.3 cup chives divided chopped
• 3  garlic cloves minced
• 7 servings béchamel sauce 
• 2 teaspoons butter 
• 2 cups mushrooms sliced
• 3.5 cups penne pasta) (tubular-shaped uncooked
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup shallots minced
• 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided reduced-fat
• 4 ounces shiitake mushroom caps sliced

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Prepare Bchamel Sauce; keep warm.
3. Melt margarine in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
4. Add shallots; saut 1 minute. Stir in mushrooms, salt, pepper, and garlic; saut 3 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Set aside.
5. Combine breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup cheese, and 1 tablespoon chives. Stir well; set aside.
6. Add 1 3/4 cups cheese to Bchamel Sauce; stir until cheese melts. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
7. Drain well; return pasta to pan.
8. Add mushrooms, cheese sauce, and 3 tablespoons chives; stir well.
9. Spoon pasta mixture into a 3-quart casserole; sprinkle with breadcrumb mixture.
10. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.