Easy Baked Penne

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb penne pasta
• 1 1/2 lbs ground hot italian sausage
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 2 (24 ounce) jars tomato sauce (any variety)
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
• 8 ounces italian cheese blend

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 f.
• 2 cook pasta to slightly al dente, as it will continue to cook in the oven.
• 3 while water is boiling and pasta is cooking, cook sausage in a skillet until slightly browned and drain off some of the liquid if desired.
• 4 add onion and pepper to the pan to soften.
• 5 after draining pasta, put it back in the pot and add one jar of tomato sauce each to both the pasta pot and the skillet.
• 6 to a 13x9 baking dish (college students, if you don't have a baking dish at school, you can buy the disposable foil ones at many campus convenience stores) add a layer of the meat mixture, then a layer of pasta, then a layer of the cheeses mixed together.
• 7 repeat this until you've used up your ingredients, making the top layer a cheese layer. make sure the top is totally covered with cheese (if you don't use all the grated cheese, that's fine. i just like a lot of cheese.).
• 8 bake for 20-30 minutes.