Yummy Pizza Casserole!!

This is a great recipe for the family. It is a quick recipe to make and if you are in a real hurry pick up a bag of the fully cooked sausage crumbles. My whole family loves this and I just normally make some breadsticks and a salad to go along side it. Enjoy!!

Pizza Casserole

·         3 Cups uncooked ziti noodles

·         1 lb. sausage

·         1 onion chopped

·         1 green pepper chopped

·         5 garlic cloves, minced

·         2 (15 oz) cans tomato sauce

·         1(14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, oregano

·         1 (3oz) pkg pepperoni

·         1 small can of mushrooms (optional)

·         1 tbsp dried parsley

·         1 tsp dried oregano

·         ½ tsp salt

·         ½ tsp ground black pepper

·         2 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

     Cook pasta according to package direction, drain and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 X13 pan. In a large skillet, cook sausage, onion, green pepper over medium heat until sausage is browned and crumbly, the last minute or so of cooking add the garlic careful not to burn. Then drain the excess grease. Spoon sausage mixture into a large bowl, stir in tomato sauce, tomatoes, pepperoni, mushrooms, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper. Stir in one cup of the mozzarella cheese.  Add cooked pasta, tossing to combine. Spoon mixture into baking dish and top with remaining cheese. Bake for 30 -40 minutes until hot and bubbly.