Saturday, June 4, 2011

Easy Pasta Casserole

This casserole is something that my family loves, can easily be made non dairy, and only takes less than an hour to prepare, bake, and serve. I call it pasta casserole, essentially it's really liked baked spaghetti using garden rotini, but you get the picture.

All you need is a full box of Garden Rotini style pasta, 3/4 container of your favorite pasta sauce, plenty of mozzarella cheese (or mozzarella flavored veggie shreds for those with a dairy allergy) and cooked/canned shredded chicken or cooked ground turkey burger. (You can also use ground beef, but my gall bladder can't handle it so I prefer ground turkey. Also, turkey is less greasy)
Preheat your over to 350. In a large casserole dish or two medium casserole dishes, mix your pasta, turkey burger, sauce, and about 2 full cups of cheese together. Once mixed, spread a layer of mozzarella cheese on top, how thick you want it depends on how much you like cheese. I like LOTS so i tend to put a lot on top. Cover your dish w/ foil or a lid and put that in the oven for 30 minutes. Use a spatula to serve with so you can have plenty of that top cheesy layer on every plate. Easy and your family will love it, dairy allergies or not ;-)