We love Italian food in our house. This cooks up pretty quickly and made everyone happy.
Ingredients:
1 lb. penne, ziti or farfelle
4 cups pasta sauce
1 cup roasted red peppers, chopped
1 cup cooked meatballs, quartered
1 cup pepperoni, chopped
1 cup ricotta
3 cups fresh mozzarella, divided
1 cup parmesan, divided
Cooking spray
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Cook pasta according to package directions and drain when done.
Heat pasta sauce in a pan. Add red peppers, meatballs, pepperoni and ricotta and stir to combine.
Prepare casserole dish with cooking spray. Add cooked pasta and sauce to casserole dish and stir to combine.
Add half of each of the cheeses. Stir.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the pasta.
Bake, uncovered, for about 10-15 minutes.
What did the family think? Lots of happy people at the dinner table last night.
Where did this recipe come from? Food Network Magazine, March 2011, p. 59
