This ooey-gooey Cheesy Sausage Baked Penne has all the flavor of lasagna in an easy prep, weeknight-friendly package! With just a few minutes of prep and 35 minutes in the oven, this family-friendly meal is ready in under an hour!
It doesn’t take much to make me happy-a little pasta and a whole lotta cheese and I’m a happy lady! Luckily for me my family agrees with those sentiments so today’s Cheesy Sausage Baked Penne is a big winner at our house-and I’m willing to bet it might be a hit at your house too!
This recipe is great for weeknights, if you’re crunched for time you could even prep the sausage and pasta the day before so you just mix it all together and pop it in the oven! For clean eating make sure you use organic, preservative free ingredients!
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Cheesy Sausage Baked Penne
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Entree
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
This ooey-gooey Cheesy Sausage Baked Penne has all the flavor of lasagna in an easy prep, weeknight-friendly package! With just a few minutes of prep and 35 minutes in the oven, this family-friendly meal is ready in under an hour!
Ingredients
- 12 oz pkg uncooked penne
- 16 oz pkgs Italian ground sausage
- 28 oz can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 6 oz cans tomato paste
- 15 oz container reduced-fat ricotta cheese
- 3 tbsp pesto (I like Bertolli the best)
- 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Spray a 9 by 13″ casserole dish with nonstick spray.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Brown sausage in a large skillet over medium high heat, drain.
- Combine sausage, pasta, tomatoes, tomato pasta, ricotta, and pesto in a large bowl.
- Spoon mixture into prepared dish and top with mozzerella and parmesan cheeses.
- Bake 35 minutes or until cheese is golden and bubbling.
Keywords: baked penne
This is comfort food at it’s best! If you try it come back and let me know what you think!
For more comfort food recipes try these:
sooooo good!!
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Mellisa,
Are you sure you want me to bake the dish for 335 MINUTES??? Lol
Marty
Am trying this right now – looks sooo good! Wasn’t sure if you drain the fire roasted tomatoes, so I didn’t. Can’t wait to taste it. Thanks for sharing!
No, I didn’t drain the tomatoes either Carolyn. I hope you liked it!
Agreed! comfort food is the best and this is perfect for that! 🙂
This is a great dinner idea for those busy weekday nights. It sounds delicious and I love the idea of adding pesto to this recipe.
This sounds really good. I look forward to trying this recipe.
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