Pizza-Flavored Pasta Sauce Recipe

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This chunky, “jazzed up” spaghetti sauce with pasta is sure to appease hungry kids and please busy moms. “Served with garlic bread, it really hits the spot when you crave Italian food,” says Angelina Falzarano of Midlothian, Texas.

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Pizza-Flavored Pasta Sauce Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 9 Servings

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Ingredients

1 pound bulk Johnsonville® Ground Sausage
1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
2 packages (3-1/2 ounces each) sliced pepperoni
3/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
7 cups meatless spaghetti sauce
1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
Hot cooked pasta

Directions

In a large skillet, cook sausage, mushrooms, pepperoni, pepper and onion over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce, olives and Italian seasoning.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10-12 minutes or until heated through. Serve over pasta. Yield: 9 servings (2-1/4 quarts).

Freeze option: Freeze cooled sauce in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 200 calories, 13 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 29 mg cholesterol, 934 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 10 g protein.

Originally published as Pizza-Flavored Pasta Sauce in Simple & Delicious May/June 2007, p65