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Healthified Cheesy Pizza Pasta

Healthified Cheesy Pizza Pasta
Recipe Tip
What is "Healthified"?
We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the original.
Special Touch
Our tasters liked the consistency of this recipe, but if you like saucy pasta dishes, add an 8-oz can of tomato or pizza sauce with the pasta sauce.
Substitution
Like it spicy? Choose hot turkey Italian sausage instead of mild for a spicier dish.

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70% less fat • 77% less sat fat • 46% more vitamin A than the original recipe—see the comparison. Get the best of both entrees in an easy-to-make, easy-to-bake dish. From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:30 min
Start to Finish:1 hr 10 min
makes:12 servings (about 1 1/4 cups each)
3 3/4cups uncooked regular or multigrain rotini pasta (12 oz)
3/4lb lean Italian turkey sausage, casings removed
1large onion, chopped (1 cup)
1lb fresh mushrooms, sliced (6 cups)
1can (14.5 oz) Muir Glen® organic diced tomatoes, undrained
1jar (25.5 oz) Muir Glen® organic Italian herb pasta sauce
1/2teaspoon dried basil leaves
1package (6 oz) sliced turkey pepperoni
1bag (8 oz) shredded reduced-fat Italian cheese blend (2 cups)
1.Heat oven to 350°F. In 5-quart Dutch oven, cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt. Drain; return to Dutch oven.
2.Meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, crumble sausage. Cook over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink; drain if necessary.
3.Add onion and mushrooms to sausage in skillet; cook 7 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, or until vegetables are tender. Stir in tomatoes; heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 3 to 4 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in pasta sauce and basil. Heat just to boiling.
4.Add sausage mixture, pepperoni and 1 1/2 cups of the cheese to pasta in Dutch oven; stir until well mixed. Spread in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Spray sheet of foil with cooking spray; cover baking dish with foil, sprayed side down.
5.Bake 30 minutes or until bubbly and thoroughly heated. Remove foil; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Bake uncovered 5 to 10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 290 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 940mg; Total Carbohydrate 32g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 6g); Protein 20g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 15%; Vitamin C 8%; Calcium 20%; Iron 15% Exchanges: 2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Medium-Fat Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
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Pizza Pasta
So good I made it twice! It was freaking yummy!
Posted at 12:56 PM on November 23 2011 by chixmix24
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Yummy!
I've made this for my family several times. I even made it for a family function and everyone loved it! Kids and adults love it! Very tasty. You WILL NOT be dissappointed. I put mini turkey pepperoni instead of the regular size.
Posted at 3:23 PM on January 31 2011 by Lisab7
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Very Good!
I made this for Christmas Eve to bring to a pot-lock dinner & it was very good. I'm sure I'll be making this again. It was even good re-heated the next day.
Posted at 10:39 AM on January 5 2010 by chris106845
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Good the next day
This was a hit a dinner and we even had enough left for the next night as well.
Posted at 2:59 PM on December 14 2009 by tabtaylor2007
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EASY and DELICIOUS
What a great recipe. I didn't make mine as a casserole, I just boiled the noodles and mixed the rest of the ingredients together as a sauce (very thick sauce). It's very cheesy and yummy :) To make it even less fattening, I substituted the sausage recommendation for a bag of Morning Star's crumbled "breakfast sausage" (vegan) ... it was delicious and I could hardly tell the difference.
Posted at 11:31 PM on October 21 2009 by
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Superb!
This is a very good recipe. My family loved it. Great flavor. Will definitely make again.
Posted at 3:21 PM on October 12 2009 by tori5723
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Cheesy Pizza Pasta
Very tasty, made mine with a spicy pasta sauce gave it some kick. After having it, a little less pepperoni next time for us.
Posted at 2:02 PM on September 25 2009 by
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Yum!
Made this with my boyfriend who hates health food and he loved it! (I loved it too) Cook once, eat all week! (All the ingredients only cost $20!)
Posted at 3:27 PM on September 18 2009 by
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Delicious!
This casserole is delicious! I used whole wheat pasta instead of regular. It was wonderful right out of the oven, as well as reheated for lunch. I will make this again.
Posted at 8:40 AM on August 11 2009 by KWhitehead27
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