Pizza Pasta

Yay pizza! Yay pasta! What more is there to say?

1 lb. whole grain rotini
12 oz. ground Italian sausage
2 oz. turkey pepperoni
1 green bell pepper, diced
1/3 red onion, diced
2 cups pizza sauce
1 cup mozarella cheese, grated
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Boil water and cook the rotini per package directions.

Brown sausage and drain most grease, but leave just a little bit (maybe a teaspoon or so).

While sausage cooks, dice the bell pepper and onion. You'll want enough onion so you've got roughly equal portions of onion and bell pepper. Also, cut the pepperoni into quarters.

Turn the oven on to 350. Add onion, bell pepper and pepperoni to drained sausage (in skillet) and saute for about 4 minutes, or until veggies start to soften.

Mix noodles, pizza sauce, and meat mixture in a 2 quart casserole dish. Top with cheese. Bake for 22 minutes, or until heated through and cheese is melted.

This is my re-work of a recipe I found at Life's Ambrosia. For the pizza sauce, I used her recipe and it turned out great. If you use her pizza sauce recipe, just use the entire batch for the casserole.