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Five Ingredient Pasta and Ham Meal Recipe

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It's true - just five ingredients and you'll have a full meal on the table in about 30 minutes, for under $10. I love the combination of ham, broccoli, and cheese sauce; and the toasted french bread with cheese sauce broiled onto it is superb.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups uncooked bow tie pasta
  • 2 cups frozen broccoli florets
  • 16 oz. jar four cheese pasta sauce
  • 2 cups cubed cooked ham
  • 8 thin slices french bread

Preparation:

Heat water in pot and cook pasta according to package directions to al dente. Add broccoli during last three minutes of cooking time. Drain and leave in colander.

Open pasta sauce and spread a small amount of the sauce (about 2 tsp.) on each slice of french bread. Spoon remaining pasta sauce into saucepan. Add cooked and drained pasta, broccoli, and ham. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Toast bread in toaster oven until brown and bubbly. Serve bread with pasta. Cost for 4 servings: $9.55

User Reviews

 4 out of 5
Pretty Good, Guest Tiechera

This recipe was pretty good, but we agree with the reviewer who said it needed more sauce. When we make this in the future, we'll use bottled sauce so we can have a bit more. The bread with sauce is amazing, though.

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