Baked Pasta

• 2 lbs Italian sausage
• 2 (25 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
• 1 lb dried rigatoni pasta
• 8 ounces shredded cheese
• 12 ounces cottage cheese
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• garlic
• salt
• pepper

1. Remove sausage from casings, brown in large saucepan.
2. Drain fat.
3. Add sliced mushrooms - stir.
4. Once mushrooms release their moisture, remove from heat.
5. Put uncooked pasta in 9 x 13 pan sprayed with Pam.
6. Combine sauce, meat & mushrooms, cottage cheese and shredded cheese in saucepan - mix well.
7. Pour over pasta.
8. Mix well to combine - push pasta under sauce.
9. Cover tightly with foil - bake at 350 for 1 1/4 hour.
10. Let stand 10 minutes, uncover, enjoy!

italian sausage, sauce, rigatoni pasta, shredded cheese, cottage cheese, mushrooms, garlic, salt, pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/baked-pasta-298061 (may not work)