Yankee Goulash Ziti

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 -16 ounces ziti pasta or 12 -16 ounces rotelle pasta, cooked
• 1 (32 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce (any flavor)
• 1 cooked sausage (can also use links)
• 2 packages shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese (from can is fine)
• 1/4 lb chopped pepperoni (or about 1-2 cups depending on your taste)
• sauteed mushroom (optional)
• peas or black beans or chickpeas (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta in a large pot until"al-dente" (still slightly firm) and drain water. (don't rinse).
• 2 at the same time pasta is cooking, cook sausage until no longer pink.
• 3 do not drain sausage.
• 4 in the pot which pasta was cooked, pour spaghetti sauce, sausage with drippings, pepperoni, garlic powder, mushrooms & parmesan cheese. then add still hot pasta & cheese.
• 5 stir until all pasta is coated w/sauce. cheese will melt from the heat of the pasta. serve...... or:
• 6 pour this into casserole dish & cover with more mozzerella cheese.
• 7 bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
• 8 serve with a fresh loaf of bread & salad!
• 9 ** i also like to throw in either some canned black beans, peas, or chickpeas every now and then just to give it a kick.