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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter six 12-1 6 ounce individual casserole dishes (or one 3 quart baking dish); set aside. | 2. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and return to pan. | 3. In a large saucepan, cook onion and sweet pepper in butter over medium heat about 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in flour, cilantro and cumin. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until the mixture and thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low. Stir in Colby cheese and 1 cup of the Monterey Jack cheese; stir until melted. | 4. Pour mixture over drained pasta; stir to combine. | 5. Layer half the pasta mixture, all of the salsa and the remaining pasta mixture in the prepared casserole(s). Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of Monterey Jack cheese and olives. Sprinkle lightly with chili powder on top. | 6. Bake, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until bubbly around the edges and heated through (if useing a large casserole, bake in 400 degree oven for about 20 minutes). Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bow tie pasta	12	ounces	uncooked	302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
red pepper	1/2	cup	chopped sweet	30.0	6.6075	1.4025	0.33
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
flour	1/3	cup		192.76	42.2018	3.1337	0.7479
cilantro	2	tablespoons	chopped	0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104
cumin	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
milk	3	cups		446.52	34.9896	23.058000000000003	23.9364
colby cheese	6	ounces	shredded	670.194	4.3716	40.4158	54.6191
monterey jack cheese	1 1/2	1/2	shredded	302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
salsa	1	cup		75.4	17.264	3.952	0.442
olive	2/3	cup	pitted	-	-	-	-
chili powder				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.