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Sweet Potato Broccoli Pasta Bake with Cheddar

Tender pasta and roasted-sweet broccoli bound in a silky, smoky sweet potato cream sauce under a bubbling, browned cheddar crust.

Sweet Potato Broccoli Pasta Bake with Cheddar

Ingredients

  • 10 oz280 gWhole-wheat pasta, dryshort shapes such as penne
  • 12⅔ cups3,000 gWater
  • 3 medium400 gSweet potatoespeeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 3⅓ cups florets300 gBroccolicut into small florets
  • 1 medium119 gRed bell pepperdiced
  • 1 medium110 gYellow oniondiced
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • 1½ cups (350 ml)360 gMilk, 2%
  • ½ cup120 gVegetable broth
  • 1 cup172 gBlack beans, canned, drained and rinsedpatted dry
  • 1 cup shredded100 gCheddar cheeseshredded
  • 1 tbsp14 gOlive oil
  • 1¼ tsp3 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
  • 1 tsp2 gGround cumin
  • 2 tsp10 gYellow mustard
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with a little of the olive oil (about one quarter).
  2. Bring the water to a boil in a large pot. Add the sweet potato and cook 10 minutes until very tender; lift it out with a slotted spoon into a blender.
  3. In the same boiling water, cook the pasta 2 minutes less than the package says, adding the broccoli for the last 2 minutes. Drain well.
  4. Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the onion and bell pepper 5 minutes until soft, then add the garlic, smoked paprika and cumin and stir 1 minute.
  5. Make the sauce: add the milk, vegetable broth, mustard, salt and black pepper to the sweet potato in the blender and blend until smooth.
  6. In the large pot, combine the pasta and broccoli, the onion-pepper mixture, the black beans and the sweet potato sauce. Stir in half the cheddar.
  7. Spread the mixture in the baking dish and scatter the remaining half of the cheddar over the top.
  8. Bake uncovered 25 minutes, until bubbling at the edges and the cheddar is golden. Rest 5 minutes before serving.

Contains: Milk, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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