Baked Penne

Baked Penne

1/2 box Penne
1/2-1 jar red pasta sauce (I like cheese and garlic sauces)
1/2 cup cottage cheese (small curd) or ricotta cheese
1/3 cup shredded Italian cheese blend (or just Mozzarella)

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Boil pasta according to package directions (al dente).
3. Mix pasta with sauce and cottage cheese.
4. Place half of mixture into each of 2 mini-corningware baking dishes.
5. Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 20 minutes.

Notes: This can be cooked in a bigger cooking dish, too, but we like having our own individual dishes full of baked pasta. The ones I use are 22 oz each, made by Corningware. The recipe makes enough for 2, and can easily be doubled or more. I like using Barilla Plus for the added nutrients. Essentially, this is a cheap, but tasty meal. If you're a sucker for meat sauce, add 1/2 pound of cooked ground beef.

Recipe Origination: I'm sure it's in a simple recipe book somewhere, but I made it up. It tastes like lasagna without all the hassle of lasagna.