Best Easy Cavatini Recipes

EASY CAVATINI

Steps:

• Chop the onion and green pepper.
• Cook pastas together; drain well.
• Saute beef, onion, and green pepper until beef is no longer pink and vegetables are soft. Add the pepperoni and heat thoroughly. Drain excess grease.
• Add spaghetti sauce and simmer 5 minutes.
• Spray a 3-qt casserole with cooking spray. Put 1/2 of the pasta in the casserole. Spoon 1/2 of the meat sauce mixture over the pasta. Spoon the container of cottage cheese over the sauce. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese.
• Top with the remaining pasta, then sauce, then mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

EASY CAVATINI

Steps:

• 1. Place chopped onion, green pepper, and mushroons into the sauce. Cook for about 15 minutes. Add pepperoni and cook for another 10 minutes.
• 2. Cook and then drain pasta. If available, warm 4 individual casserole dishes in large toaster oven at 200 degrees.
• 3. Divide drained pasta into the 4 casserole dishes. Top the pasta with the sauce mixture. Add about 4 oz of cheese on top of sauce mixture. Place casserole dishes in oven at 400 degress till cheese is melted.

WORKDAY CAVATINI (EASY)

Steps:

• Brown sausage in a large skillet. Remove sausage from skillet with a slotted spoon and reserve. Next, saute the prepared mushrooms in the sausage oils left in skillet, saute until just tender.
• In the meantime boil your pasta, draining just before completely soft so that it is not too soft when baked in the sauce. While the pasta finishes, combine the sausage, mushrooms and pasta sauce in the skillet and allow to simmer on low.
• In a 2 quart casserole dish, coated with a non-stick spray, layer the ingredients. Start with a thin layer of sauce. Continue in the following order: 1/2 pasta, 1/2 sauce, 1/2 pepperoni, 1/2 cheese. Repeat. Cover with foil.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 min. Uncover and bake until all cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling. Remove and let stand for 7 to 10 min. Slice and serve.