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Three Cheese Baked Rigatoni

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Easy recipe for Three Cheese Rigatoni with ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese. It’s a balanced dish with zucchini, mushrooms, onions and Italian sausage and can be done in 30 minutes. A great dish to satisfy both children and adults.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Rigatoni Pasta
  • 12 ounces, weight Ground MILD Italian Sausage
  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
  • ½ whole Large Onion, Diced
  • 2 whole Large Zucchinis, Quartered And Sliced
  • 10 ounces, weight Crimini Mushrooms, Sliced
  • 1 jar Newman's Own Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce (24 Oz.) Or Your Favorite Favorite Sauce
  • 15 ounces, weight Low Fat Ricotta Cheese
  • 7 ounces, weight Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, Divided
  • ½ teaspoons Sea Salt
  • ½ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • ¼ cups Shredded Parmesan Cheese

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400ºF.

Boil rigatoni in salted boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain.

While pasta is cooking, coat a large pan with olive oil and saute Italian sausage over medium to medium high heat until brown. Remove sausage from pan, leaving juices in the pan. Add onions to pan and cook until soft and the onions start to brown.

Add zucchinis and mushroom and saute until tender. Add sausage back to the pan. Add pasta sauce, salt and pepper and stir to combine. Simmer for about 2 minutes and then add the ricotta and stir to combine.

Add half of the mozzarella cheese. Turn off heat and stir to melt the mozzarella cheese. Add pasta and stir to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Spray a large baking dish with cooking spray and pour the pasta into the dish. Top with remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese and bake for 15 minutes. Serve with basil.

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kitchenrunway on 3.24.2011

@Ali Grace: Thank you! Gotta love Italian sausage – its savory with a nice kick!

@bethanyrae: Yay! Hope you enjoy it!! Take care!

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bethanyrae on 3.23.2011

Yum! This is dinner tonight, thanks :)

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ali grace | cookies and grace on 3.23.2011

This looks so delicious! For some strange reason, I have been seriously craving Italian sausage lately. This is going in my recipe box to make soon!!

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JoyfulCook on 7.14.2014

I really enjoyed this dish! Love the veggies- would even add more variety of veggies next time. Made this for a big group and everyone loved it! And so simple too- a plus! :)

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