Jul 31, 2009

Two Cheese Baked Penne

Ingredients:
Italian Sausage- browned
Penne Noodles- Boiled
1 Can of Tomato sauce
2 Cans of Diced Italian Tomatoes
1 Chunk of Cream Cheese- I use the 1/3 less fat kind
Shredded Mozzarella cheese- 1 bag

As you boil the noodles and brown the sausage, in another pot melt the cream cheese, do this on low heat and stir often, once it is half way melted or if it appears that it may start burning put in the 1 can of tomato sauce and 2 cans of Diced Italian tomatoes and stir together and heat through. Once all items are cooked drain the noodles and mix noodles, sausage and sauce all together and add half the bag of Mozzarella cheese and mix well. Pour it all into a sprayed cake pan and add remaining Mozzarella cheese to the top. You can then either refrigerate to bake another day or toss in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes. If you refrigerate bake for 20-30 minutes on 350 or until heated through.

Serve with Garlic toast and a side salad.

**Note- not many people think of melting cream cheese and adding it to a sauce but it really makes it quite tasty, it's creamy and subtly cheesy.

ENJOY!

Here is a picture of it being mixed together.

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