Beef / Pork

Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole takes 30 minutes to cook.

Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole are:

1 16 oz box of rotini (I used garden rotini for the color)
1 lb sweet Italian sausage
2 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 out
1 12-oz package of cottage cheese (1%)
1 16-oz block of mozzarella cheese, grated
1 6-oz package of sliced pepperoni
salt and pepper to tast

Here is how you make Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole:

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 servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WIPINGSWEAT.

The nutritional information for Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• 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