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Easy Cavatini
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ready In: 50 Minutes
Servings: 6
This version of this popular dish is so easy, made with common ingredients and everyone loves it! From the Lone Star Cookbook 1997-98 , Aggie Moms Club, Texarkana TX.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 medium onion
1 medium green pepper
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package pepperoni
1 (15 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup rigatoni pasta
1/2 cup macaroni
1/2 rotini pasta
1 (8 ounce) carton cottage cheese
1 (10 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
1. Chop the onion and green pepper.
2. Cook pastas together; drain well.
3. Saute beef, onion, and green pepper until beef is no longer pink and vegetables are soft. Add the pepperoni and heat thoroughly. Drain excess grease.
4. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer 5 minutes.
5. Spray a 3-qt casserole with cooking spray. Put 1/2 of the pasta in the casserole. Spoon 1/2 of the meat sauce mixture over the pasta. Spoon the container of cottage cheese over the sauce. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese.
6. Top with the remaining pasta, then sauce, then mozzarella cheese.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
By RecipeOfHealth.com