Cheesy Easy Cavatini Venison Optional Recipes

Steps:

• Chop the onion and green pepper.
• Cook pastas together; drain well.
• Saute beef, onion, and green pepper until beef is no longer pink and vegetables are soft. Add the pepperoni and heat thoroughly. Drain excess grease.
• Add spaghetti sauce and simmer 5 minutes.
• Spray a 3-qt casserole with cooking spray. Put 1/2 of the pasta in the casserole. Spoon 1/2 of the meat sauce mixture over the pasta. Spoon the container of cottage cheese over the sauce. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese.
• Top with the remaining pasta, then sauce, then mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Steps:

• Brown Sausage,Hamburger,Onion, Pepperoni, and Mushrooms.
• Drain Fat.
• Mix in all other ingredients except Cheese and Noodle.
• Cook Noodles in large amount of water.
• Drain.
• Place Noodles in greased 9x13in.
• pan.
• Pour Meat mixture over Noodles, then top with Cheese.
• Bake 350* for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• In large sauce pan add all ingredients,but pasta and cheeses.
• Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Cook pasta (dente) about 10 minutes.Drain.
• Alernate pasta,meat sauce and cheeses into a 9x13 baking dish.
• Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
• Note-you may omit mushrooms,but you really need the onion and green pepper for a wonderful flavor -- .
• I have made this recipe again and substituted 1-can 26 1/2oz Del Monte Spaghetti sauce,1/2 cup red wine and 6 garlic cloves my family said it was as good if not better than orginial recipe.

Steps:

• Cook the beef, sausage, onion and green pepper until brown.
• Drain and set aside.
• Mix the pepperoni, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, salsa, mushrooms and salad peppers.
• Stir into the meat mixture.
• Add the cooked pasta shells.
• Spoon 1/2 of the mixture into 2 greased 11x7 inch baking dishes.
• Combine the two cheeses and divide the amount in half.
• Take one half of the cheese and sprinkle on top of the meat in each dish.
• Take the remaining 1/2 of the meat mixture and cover the cheese in the two dishes.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Top each dish with the remaining 1/2 of the cheese.
• Bake 5 more minutes or until cheese is bubbly.

Steps:

• Mix first 10 ingredients in large skillet
• Cook over med. heat for 1/2 hour.
• Add cooked sausage, pepperoni, pasta, and sugar.
• Place in a 9x13 pan.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Steps:

• Boil pasta according to package instructions, drain and pour into 13x9 pan.
• While pasta is cooking, brown the meats; sprinkle with herbs, mixing well. Remove from heat.
• Mix spaghetti sauce (I use half home-made canned sauce and half from a store-can) with meat; add mushrooms and peppers; pour over pasta in pan.
• Sprinkle on the grated cheeses.
• Cover with foil or lid; bake for 30 minutes; remove foil and bake for 10-15 minutes more (crusty and bubbly).
• VARIATION: Add sliced black olives.
• VARIATION #2: Use leftover spaghetti-meat sauce.
• VARIATION #3: Leave out the ground meats and ONLY use pepperoni -- completely different taste to it!