I have been following MoneySavingMom‘s “4 week to fill your freezer” series and when she posted this recipe, I thought it was a keeper because it was just a variation of an old favorite of ours. I haven’t had another chance to do a full “freezer cooking day,” so instead of making this in a 9×13 pan, I was able to make this in two 8×8 pans and freeze one of them. I tweaked the recipe to our liking, and it’s actually quite like my Amish lasagna except with rotini pasta instead of lasagna noodles. And, surprisingly, we like this version much better! I think it might be because there are more noodles in this recipe and it just serves easier. And it’s freezer friendly…what more could a girl ask for?? 🙂
what you’ll need:
- 1 jar Ragu sauce
- 1 lb. ground Italian sausage
- 1 box whole wheat rotini pasta
- 16 oz. cottage cheese
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- Italian spices to taste
how you’ll do it:
cook noodles; meanwhile,
brown your Italian sausage in a skillet & rinse, then
pour your Ragu into a 2 quart pot and add your meat and heat on medium-high
mix the cottage and mozzarella cheeses and spices in a medium bowl
turn off heat for sauce. put a little sauce on bottom of pans
next, layer as follows:
noodles>sauce>cheese>noodles>sauce>cheese
bake for 20-ish minutes, until cheese is bubbly and gooey
I hope you enjoy this as much as we did!
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