The Way to a Man's Heart- Sausage Green Pepper Mastaccioli Penne #Pasta #recipe #goodeats

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Sausage and Green Pepper Mastaccioli Penne Pasta

 

Ingredients-
1 lb pork sausage (you can substitute turkey sausage or other breakfast style)
1 Box Mastaccioli Penne Pasta (16 oz I believe)
1 or 2 Green Peppers
1 Jar Spaghetti Sauce (of your choice- we like Classico Fire Roasted Tomato & Garlic)
1 8 oz Italian Blend Shredded Cheese

Directions-

1. Pre-heat oven to 350º
2. Brown and crumble sausage in skillet, drain off any grease
3. Add sliced green pepper chunks and cook until green peppers are tender to your liking
4. Add sauce and let simmer
5. Meanwhile, boil pasta until al dente, drain water
6. Mix pasta and meat sauce together
7. Pour into 13X9 casserole dish, sprayed with a bit of cooking spray
8. Sprinkle top with entire bag of Shredded Cheese
9. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and dish is bubbly

Serves well with salad and Italian dressing and/or garlic bread sticks.

The Way to a Man's Heart~ Cavatini #recipe #pasta #cheese

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Cavatini

This is actually my husband's recipe. Before I met him, the only cavatini I'd heard of was the kind that was served on the Pizza Hut lunch buffet. This was the first homecooked meal he made for me and it topped what P.H. serves by a long shot. Enjoy!

1 package Pepperoni
2 small jars mushrooms
1 box Rotini pasta
1 jars Spaghetti Sauce
2-3 bags shredded Mozzarella/Italian Cheese

Preheat oven to 350-400º

1. Cook and drain pasta.
2. While cooking pasta, heat both jars of sauce and drained mushrooms in a large pan.
3. Spray 9 X13 casserole dish with cooking spray.
4. Line bottom with pepperonies and some of the cheese.
5. Mix drained pasta with sauce/mushrooms mixture and add pepperonis and cheese, reserving at least 12 pepperonis and enough cheese to top dish.
6.  Pour entire mixture into dish and top with remaining pepperonis and cheese.
7. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until thoroughly heated and cheese is gooey and melted and top is golden.

Serves well with salad and garlic bread sticks.