Pizza Casserole

This meaty casserole combines all the things we love about pizza – cheese, sauce, pepperoni, green peppers – and mixes them with spiral noodles for an easy dish that makes plenty of leftovers. I made this in my new Temp-Tations casserole dish, which my boyfriend’s aunt gave to me for Christmas. I froze it without the cheese (shown in the photo) and then thawed it overnight in the fridge before baking. When I was ready to cook it, I placed the dish in the oven when the oven was cold and set the oven to preheat, so the dish could gradually warm up. It worked out really well!

Ingredients

2 cups uncooked spiral noodles
1/2 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 cup sliced pepperoni sausage
16 ounces pizza sauce
4 tablespoons milk
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Begin boiling water for noodles.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Chop onion and green bell pepper and place in a medium skillet for now.
4. Cook spiral noodles according to package directions.
5. In the skillet over medium-high heat, brown the ground beef with the onion, garlic and green bell pepper. Drain excess fat.
6.  Combine the noodles, pepperoni, pizza sauce and milk with the beef mixture in a greased casserole dish and mix well.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, top with the cheese, then bake for 5 to 10 more minutes.

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