5 Star Pasta!

I was at the grocery store the other day with a mad craving for pasta, but I didn't want plain Jane pasta with tomato sauce. Instead I created an incredible crab pasta bake. The dish served atleast 4 with each portion costing less than $3.

You will need
1.5-2 cups of uncooked pasta shells (or other pasta, not spaghetti though)
1 package of "mock" crab, usually pollock
1 bottle of Alfredo sauce
1 green pepper, cubed
1 red pepper, cubed
1 med white onion, diced
1-2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp pepper flakes
salt and pepper to taste
parmesean cheese

Method
1.Par cook your pasta. You want your pasta to be just before aldente.
2. while the pasta is cooking saute the peppers, onions and garlic in a sauce pan
3. when the vegetables are soft add alfredo sauce to the vegetables,
4. after sauce is heated, add in the crab, mix
5. when the pasta is par cooked put it in the bottom of a glass baking dish, pour sauce over top and stir in
6. add parmesean cheese to the top
7. bake in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes. broil the dish for the final 5-10 minutes to brown the cheese.


This dish could easily be substituted with any protein, just make sure if you are using raw meat to cook it through before putting in the oven.