Tortellini Spinach Casserole
Tortellini Spinach Casserole is one fantastic main dish. This entree has cheese tortellini and spinach in a creamy cream cheese sauce. It’s filled with lots of herbs, and topped with an Italian cheese blend of six cheeses. It’s mouthwatering comfort food at its best!
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This is a great way to get your family to eat spinach, too! Tortellini Spinach Casserole is family friendly and not overly difficult to put together. We enjoy this meatless casserole as a main dish in our home. It certainly is a fantastic option for Meatless Mondays since it is so satisfying and filling.
I think this recipe could also be made with ravioli and turn out wonderfully. If you’re looking for a way to add veggies to your meals this is a great way to include them. If you like pasta, if you like cheese, if you like spinach, you’ll enjoy this great entrée.
This recipe is a featured recipe at All Free Casserole Recipes–a marvelous blog with lots of great recipes. You can find the post here.
I initially posted this recipe in June 2012 just after I began my blog. I’ve made this casserole several times since then and each time I’ve improved the recipe with small additions here and there. When I served this for company again in May 2014, I decided to retake the pictures since my first pictures were real losers!
Our company LOVED this dish and especially that it had so much spinach in it. They enjoy healthier meals and since she grows her own garden. This terrific recipe is a new way for her to use spinach. If you enjoy pasta entrees, give Tortellini Spinach Casserole a try. Add a loaf of homemade whole wheat bread and you will have a hearty meal all will enjoy.
Tortellini Spinach Casserole is a fabulous meatless entree.
Here’s a close up so you can see the texture of this main dish.
Tortellini Spinach Casserole is filled with cheese, tortellini and spinach.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients.
Melt part of the butter in a large skillet. Wash and slice green or red onions and add to the butter in the skillet. Add mushrooms and garlic.
Sauté onions, mushrooms and garlic and when done, pour into large mixing bowl with spinach.
Microwave spinach in box for about 5 minutes (or thaw completely). Drain spinach and press all excess water out of it. Put spinach in bottom of large mixing bowl. Toss the cooked onion-mushroom mixture into the bowl with the spinach.
In a separate sauce pan melt remaining butter. Add canned milk or heavy whipping cream.
Add cream cheese that has been cubed and whisk into butter/milk mixture and heat over low heat until thick.
Add salt, pepper, and remaining seasonings and heat sauce mixture through until thick.
Whisk sauce ingredients together until smooth.
Stir and heat until cheese sauce has thickened.
Boil tortellini according to package directions (about 2 minutes once boiling). Drain tortellini and toss into bowl with spinach and mushroom mixture.
Add the sauce to all the other ingredients in the bowl.
Stir to combine.
Spray a large baking dish with cooking spray. I used olive oil cooking spray. My dish is 10×15″. Pour casserole ingredients into sprayed baking dish.
Add a cup of Italian cheese blend. This includes Mozzarella, Romano, Asiago, Parmesan, Provolone and Fontina cheeses. Cover casserole with foil and bake at 350 until bubbly, about 45 minutes.
Remove from oven. Add another 1/2 to 1 cup of Italian cheese blend.
Bake another 10 minutes or so until cheese melts.
Doesn’t Tortellini Spinach Casserole look marvelous?
Tortellini Spinach Casserole is a wonderful dish you can make earlier in the day, refrigerate, and then heat up an hour or so before you need it ready. Yum.
The texture is gooey from all the cheese–in the sauce and on top of the casserole.
Here’s the recipe.
TORTELLINI SPINACH CASSEROLE
(My own concoction)
Tortellini Spinach Casserole
Equipment
- 1 large stock pot with lid
- 1 colander
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 large skillet
- 1 spatula
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 sauce pan
- 1 whisk
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 10x15" glass baking dish
- aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 38 oz. pkg. frozen cheese tortellini (two 19-ounce packages) or you can use fresh tortellini
- 1 lb. fresh mushrooms sliced, or 8-oz. canned mushrooms, drained
- 1 tbsp. minced garlic from a jar or 5-6 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 3 green onions sliced or 1/3 cup-1/2 diced red onion
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp. dried parsley
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 stick unsalted butter divided use (1/2 cup)
- 12 oz. can evaporated milk or use half-and-half or heavy whipping cream
- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese cubed
- 20 oz. pkg. spinach frozen, chopped, cooked about 5 minutes in microwave and drained really well (two 10-ounce packages)
- 8 oz. pkg. Italian blend cheese Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Asiago, Fontina and Romano cheeses, shredded
Instructions
- Cook tortellini according to package directions.
- Drain in colander.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, sauté the mushrooms, garlic and onion in ¼ cup butter until tender.
- Remove and keep warm.
- In another sauce pan, combine milk (or cream) and remaining butter.
- Bring to a gentle boil over low heat; stir in cream cheese cubes with whisk.
- Add salt, pepper, oregano, basil, Italian seasoning, thyme, parsley and red pepper flakes.
- Cook and stir at low heat until smooth and sauce thickens.
- In a large bowl, mix tortellini, well-drained spinach, mushroom mixture and sauce.
- Spread into a greased 10x15” baking dish.
- Top with Italian cheese blend and bake at 350˚, covered with foil, until heated through and cheese melts, perhaps 45 minutes.
- Add an extra half cup or cup of cheese and heat an additional 5-10 minutes until cheese melts.
Notes
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Nutrition
- 2 19-oz. pkgs. frozen cheese tortellini (or you can use fresh tortellini)
- 1 pound sliced fresh mushrooms (or 8-oz. canned mushrooms, drained)
- 1-2 tbsp. minced garlic from a jar
- 3-4 green onions, sliced or 1/3 cup-1/2 diced red onion
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1 ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 1 tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp. parsley
- 1 tsp. thyme
- 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 stick unsalted butter, divided
- 12-oz. can evaporated milk, half-and-half or heavy whipping cream
- 8-oz. cream cheese, cubed
- 2 10-oz. pkgs. frozen chopped spinach, cooked about 5 minutes in microwave and drained really well
- 8-oz. shredded Italian blend cheese: mozzarella, provolone, parmesan, Asiago, fontina and romano
- Cook tortellini according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, sauté the mushrooms, garlic and onion in ¼ cup butter until tender.
- Remove and keep warm.
- In another sauce pan, combine milk (or cream) and remaining butter.
- Bring to a gentle boil over low heat; stir in cream cheese cubes with whisk.
- Add salt, pepper, oregano, basil, Italian seasoning, thyme, parsley and red pepper flakes.
- Cook and stir at low heat until smooth and sauce thickens.
- In a large bowl, mix tortellini, drained spinach, mushroom mixture and sauce.
- Spread into a greased 10×15” baking dish.
- Top with Italian cheese blend and bake at 350˚, covered, until heated through and cheese melts, perhaps 45 minutes.
- Add an extra half cup or cup of cheese and heat an additional 5-10 minutes until cheese melts.
Mushrooms, onions and garlic add a delightful savory flavor to this dish.
The cheesy flavors of this casserole are mouthwatering!
Tortellini Spinach Bake is a tasty main dish that’s a great option for Meatless Mondays.
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Tortellini Spinach Casserole
Equipment
- 1 large stock pot with lid
- 1 colander
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 large skillet
- 1 spatula
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 sauce pan
- 1 whisk
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 10×15" glass baking dish
- aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 38 oz. pkg. frozen cheese tortellini (two 19-ounce packages) or you can use fresh tortellini
- 1 lb. fresh mushrooms sliced, or 8-oz. canned mushrooms, drained
- 1 tbsp. minced garlic from a jar or 5-6 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 3 green onions sliced or 1/3 cup-1/2 diced red onion
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp. dried parsley
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 stick unsalted butter divided use (1/2 cup)
- 12 oz. can evaporated milk or use half-and-half or heavy whipping cream
- 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese cubed
- 20 oz. pkg. spinach frozen, chopped, cooked about 5 minutes in microwave and drained really well (two 10-ounce packages)
- 8 oz. pkg. Italian blend cheese Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Asiago, Fontina and Romano cheeses, shredded
Instructions
- Cook tortellini according to package directions.
- Drain in colander.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, sauté the mushrooms, garlic and onion in ¼ cup butter until tender.
- Remove and keep warm.
- In another sauce pan, combine milk (or cream) and remaining butter.
- Bring to a gentle boil over low heat; stir in cream cheese cubes with whisk.
- Add salt, pepper, oregano, basil, Italian seasoning, thyme, parsley and red pepper flakes.
- Cook and stir at low heat until smooth and sauce thickens.
- In a large bowl, mix tortellini, well-drained spinach, mushroom mixture and sauce.
- Spread into a greased 10×15” baking dish.
- Top with Italian cheese blend and bake at 350˚, covered with foil, until heated through and cheese melts, perhaps 45 minutes.
- Add an extra half cup or cup of cheese and heat an additional 5-10 minutes until cheese melts.
9 Comments
Lisa
October 25, 2022 at 6:50 pm
This was amazing!!! Will definitely be making this again! Next time will double the sauce. Used baby bellas and when I went shopping I missed that the recipe called for the blended cheese so I wound up using only mozzarella and parmesan. Can’t wait to try it with the recommended cheese blend. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Teresa
October 27, 2022 at 8:16 am
So glad you enjoyed the recipe Lisa. I’m sure extra sauce made it even better! Thanks for stopping by.
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