I tried some of the frozen Penne Pepperonata pasta from Trader Joe's. For preparation, I just followed the microwave instructions on the back, and I added shredded Parmesan cheese to it after microwaving.

This pasta looks very similar to the Trader Joe's Penne Arrabbiata pasta, however, it is a lot sweeter. I like bell peppers, but the amount of red and yellow peppers seemed a little too heavy and made it a little too sweet for me. Even the Parmesan cheese I added didn't counteract the sweetness very much.

The bag also says the sauce is a red pepper cream sauce, but the sauce was thin and not very creamy. Although it was a little too sweet, that didn't stop me from eating it all up... I was super hungry when I tried this and was able to eat the whole bag in one sitting!

Overall, I like Trader Joe's Penne Arrabbiata better, but this pasta was still good.

I tried some Penne Arrabbiata pasta from Trader Joe's. It comes frozen with little frozen discs of sauce on top of the pasta.

We prepared the frozen pasta by just warming it up in the microwave following the cooking instructions on the back of the bag. We also added some shredded Parmesan cheese to the pasta after microwaving it.

This pasta was definitely better than the usual frozen pastas, and one thing I really liked was that the sauce wasn't too sweet. The sauce was more savory and only a tiny bit spicy. I also liked the taste of this sauce more than the Trader Joe's Arrabbiata sauce that comes in a jar. The penne pasta didn't come out underdone or super mushy, either. Overall, it was pretty delicious.