Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • : 1 cup (prepared with turkey sausage and reduced-fat cheese)
  • Calories:
  • 448
  • Fat:
  • 18 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 8 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 57 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 1277 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 43 g
  • Fiber:
  • 3 g
  • Protein:
  • 30 g


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Pizza Parlor Pasta

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In Nashua, Iowa, Shelley Pimlott offers garlic bread and a tossed green salad alongside this cheesy dish. "It reminds me of a pasta specialty at a popular pizza parlor," she writes.

SERVINGS: 3

CATEGORY: Main Dish

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup uncooked medium pasta shells
  • 1/3 pound bulk Italian sausage
  • 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped green pepper
  • 1-1/3 cups spaghetti sauce
  • 1/3 cup 1% cottage cheese
  • 1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, crumble the sausage into a small skillet; add onion and green pepper. Cook over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Colby-Monterey Jack cheese.
    Drain pasta; stir into sausage mixture. Transfer to a 1-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with remaining shredded cheeses. Top with Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Yield: 3 servings.


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