PENNE PASTA WITH SQUASH, ZUCCHINI, AND OLIVES

Penne Pasta with Squash, Zucchini, and Olives image

Delicious penne pasta made with ground beef, sausage, zucchini, yellow squash, and olives.

Provided by Lynette

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Sausage

Time 1h29m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package whole grain penne pasta
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound bulk Italian sausage
2 zucchini, diced
2 yellow squash, diced
2 (24 ounce) jars pasta sauce, divided
1 (4 ounce) can whole black olives
1 (4 ounce) can sliced black olives
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Steps:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
Cook and stir ground beef and Italian sausage in a skillet until browned and crumbly, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl using a slotted spoon. Drain excess grease, reserving 1 tablespoon in the skillet.
Cook and stir zucchini and yellow squash in the reserved grease until slightly softened, about 5 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread 3/4 cup pasta sauce in the bottom of a 9x11-inch casserole dish.
Pour remaining pasta sauce into a Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir in zucchini and yellow squash, whole olives, and sliced olives. Cook and stir until pasta sauce is heated through, about 10 minutes.
Layer half of the ground meat mixture, penne, hot pasta sauce, Cheddar cheese, and mozzarella cheese over the pasta sauce in the casserole dish. Repeat layers once more.
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and layers are heated through, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 725.3 calories, Carbohydrate 50.5 g, Cholesterol 110.6 mg, Fat 39.7 g, Fiber 8.8 g, Protein 41.5 g, SaturatedFat 16.9 g, Sodium 1808.1 mg, Sugar 17 g