Three Cheese Baked Penne

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 1/2 cups uncooked whole wheat penne (about 8 ounces tube-shaped pasta)
• cooking spray
• sweet turkey italian sausage
• 1 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 dash salt
• 1 (8 ounce) can garlic-and-herb tomato sauce
• 3/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese
• 1/4 cup grated fresh parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. drain and keep warm.
• 3 heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. coat pan with cooking spray. remove casings from sausage. add sausage to pan; cook 2 minutes, stirring to crumble.
• 4 add bell pepper and next 6 ingredients (through salt) to pan; sauté 6 minutes or until bell pepper is tender. stir in tomato sauce. reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
• 5 add pasta to pan, tossing gently to coat. spoon pasta mixture into an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• 6 stir in mozzarella and goat cheese; sprinkle with parmesan. bake at 350° for 7 minutes or until bubbly and top is browned.