Hearty Baked Rigatoni Food

HEARTY BAKED RIGATONI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Toss hot rigatoni, 1-1/2 cups mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan and 1/2 jar pasta sauce; turn into 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Evenly pour on remaining Pasta Sauce.
• Bake covered 30 minutes or until heated through.
• Top with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella and let stand until cheese is melted.

KICKIN' BAKED RIGATONI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cook sausage, onions, and mushrooms until meat is browned. Drain off fat.
• Add both tomatoes to meat mixture. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes uncovered. Stir in cooked pasta.
• Stir in 1/2 of mozzarella cheese and all of parmesan. Toss well.
• Pour into 9 X 13" pan. Top with remaining cheese. Bake for 20 minutes.

BAKED RIGATONI WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium frying pan, heat the oil and butter over low heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, parsley and basil and cook until very soft, about 20 minutes.
• Raise the heat to moderate, add the ground beef, fennel seed, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until the meat is no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
• Add the wine and cook until almost evaporated, about 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes with their juice and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Stir in the parmesan.
• Heat the oven to 350F.
• In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the rigatoni until almost done, about 12 minutes. Drain.
• Lightly oil a 3 quart oval baking dish. Toss the pasta with the meat sauce and put half of it in the baking dish. Top with half the mozzarella. Repeat with remaining pasta and mozzarella.
• Bake until the pasta is piping hot, about 20 minutes.

BAKED RIGATONI WITH BEEF

Steps:

• Prepare Tomato Sauce.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cook beef in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned; stir to crumble. Drain well.
• Combine beef, rigatoni, Tomato Sauce, and 1 cup mozzarella in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Top with 1/2 cup mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

BAKED RIGATONI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375. Spray 13 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray. Cook rigatoni according to package. If making sausage, cook over med-high heat 5-7 minutes. In baking dish layer half each of pasta, sausage or soy meat, sauce and cheese. Repeat layers. Bake 35-40 minutes or until hot and cheese is golden brown.

BAKED RIGATONI

Steps:

• Cook rigatoni.
• Drain.
• Brown ground beef.
• Drain grease.
• Mix ground beef, spaghetti sauce, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella.
• cheese and ricotta cheese together with rigatoni noodles.
• Pat mixture in a 13" x 9" pan.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.
• Sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese on top.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

HEALTHY RIGATONI BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a skillet, cook beef until browned and crumbled.
• Drain grease.
• Add oats to beef and stir well to incorporate.
• Add spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, and rigatoni to the beef and mix well.
• In a casserole dish, add your rigatoni mixture and top with mozzarella and romano cheeses.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes or until hot and cheese is melted.
• Hint: I usually use a full pound of meat and 2% cottage cheese.