Baked Pasta

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs italian sausage
• 2 (25 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
• 1 lb dried rigatoni pasta
• 8 ounces shredded cheese
• 12 ounces cottage cheese
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• garlic
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 remove sausage from casings, brown in large saucepan. drain fat.
• 2 add sliced mushrooms - stir.
• 3 once mushrooms release their moisture, remove from heat.
• 4 put uncooked pasta in 9 x 13 pan sprayed with pam.
• 5 combine sauce, meat & mushrooms, cottage cheese and shredded cheese in saucepan - mix well.
• 6 pour over pasta.
• 7 mix well to combine - push pasta under sauce.
• 8 cover tightly with foil - bake at 350 for 1 1/4 hour.
• 9 let stand 10 minutes, uncover, enjoy!