Baked Mostaccioli Florentine - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 cups mostaccioli pasta or 3 cups other pastas, uncooked
    3 cups spaghetti sauce
    1/2 cup water
    1 (8 ounce) package low-fat cream cheese, softened
    1/2 cup milk
    1 1/4 cups frozen spinach, chopped,thawed and squeezed dry
    1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
    1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
    1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees; Cook pasta according to package directions for 7 minutes, drain.
    In a large bowl, stir together spaghetti sauce and water, stir in pasta; In a medium bowl, stir together cream cheese and milk until smooth, stir in spinach, Parmesan cheese and nutmeg.
    Spoon 1/2 of the pasta mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish; Spread cream cheese mixture over pasta; spoon remaining pasta mixture on top; Cover with release foil, bake 30 minutes; remove foil, sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese; bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.

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