3 make ahead italian pasta Recipes

italian sausage (mild or hot ), olive oil (optional), onions, coarsely chopped, garlic cloves, minced, sweet red pepper, coarsely chopped, meatless extra chunky pasta sauce, tomato sauce, dried basil, oregano, fennel seed, penne pasta, fresh spinach (trimmed and coarsely chopped ), shredded provolone cheese or 3 cups mozzarella cheese, grated asiago cheese or 1 cup parmesan cheese

mild italian pork sausage, water, pizza sauce, diced tomatoes with sweet onions, undrained, uncooked rotini pasta (10 oz), sliced ripe olives, drained, shredded mozzarella cheese (6 oz) or 1 1/2 cups pizza cheese, blend (6 oz)