Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole
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- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
1 16 oz box of rotini (I used garden rotini for the color)1 lb sweet Italian sausage2 24-oz jars of pasta sauce (Ragu is my go-to brand)1 10-oz package of frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed until most of the liquid is out1 12-oz package of cottage cheese (1%)1 16-oz block of mozzarella cheese, grated1 6-oz package of sliced pepperonisalt and pepper to tast
Preheat oven to 350 F and spray a 13x9 pan with cooking spray.
Cook rotini according to package directions.
While pasta is cooking, brown the sausage; drain and rinse.
Add sausage back to pan and pour in both jars of pasta sauce, along with spinach, and stir well until spinach is mixed in well and no big clumps remain.
Drain pasta and add cottage cheese and half of the mozzarella to the hot pasta. Add salt and pepper.
Spoon half of the meat mixture into the baking dish; top with half of the pasta mixture and then a layer of pepperoni. Repeat with remaining meat mixture, then layer on the rest of the pasta.
Sprinkle the top with the remaining mozzarella and another layer of pepperoni.
Bake, uncovered, for 25 - 30 minutes or until cheesy is melted and sauce is bubbly.
Rest for 5-10 minutes, then serve.
Serving Size: Makes 8 servings
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WIPINGSWEAT.
Cook rotini according to package directions.
While pasta is cooking, brown the sausage; drain and rinse.
Add sausage back to pan and pour in both jars of pasta sauce, along with spinach, and stir well until spinach is mixed in well and no big clumps remain.
Drain pasta and add cottage cheese and half of the mozzarella to the hot pasta. Add salt and pepper.
Spoon half of the meat mixture into the baking dish; top with half of the pasta mixture and then a layer of pepperoni. Repeat with remaining meat mixture, then layer on the rest of the pasta.
Sprinkle the top with the remaining mozzarella and another layer of pepperoni.
Bake, uncovered, for 25 - 30 minutes or until cheesy is melted and sauce is bubbly.
Rest for 5-10 minutes, then serve.
Serving Size: Makes 8 servings
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WIPINGSWEAT.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 759.4
- Total Fat: 52.3 g
- Cholesterol: 103.6 mg
- Sodium: 1,674.4 mg
- Total Carbs: 64.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.2 g
- Protein: 41.0 g
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