How to Make a Quick Pasta Bake

I love pasta, lasagna is one of my favorite meals. But I hate the amount of time I end up spending when I cook it. I also got sick of the amount of dishes I had to clean when it was all done. So I came up with a simple, quick and easy version involving fewer dishes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 box of noodles ( I recommend Ziti or Rotini noodles)
• 1 lb of ground beef or Sausage
• 1 Large Egg
• 1 Jar of the tomato sauce of your choice
• 16 oz of Ricotta Cheese
• 8oz of shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 2 TBS of Parmesan Cheese
• 1 TBS of Garlic Powder
• Pepper
• 1 medium onion

1. Preheat your oven to 350.

2. In a medium skillet brown the ground beef or sausage, with the onion sliced into thin pieces.

3. While the meat is browning cook the pasta according to the directions on the box.

4. In a large baking dish mix together the cheeses, egg and garlic powder.

5. When the meat is browned drain the grease and add the bottle of Tomato Sauce to the meat.

6. Then add the meat mixture into the cheese( using 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese) mixture and stir until combined.

7. When the noodles are done mix them into the meat and cheese mixture. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese on top and cover with foil.

8. Bake for 15 mins. Than remove the foil and continue baking for another 10 mins to brown the cheese!

9. Enjoy!

[cosmopinkice]

on 2/25/2009 This is great! My son loves it too 5*