Four Pasta Beef Bake

Name: Four Pasta Beef Bake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 8 cups uncooked pasta (4 different shapes); 2 lbs ground beef; 2 medium green peppers, chopped; 2 medium onions, chopped; 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms; 4 (26 ounce) jars meatless sauce; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 4 (16 ounce) cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Submitted by Lauren Clark

"I found this in a magazine and fell in love with it, because it tastes a lot like lasagna (but without all of the effort!) I hope that you like it!"

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 20

ingredients

8 cups uncooked pasta (4 different shapes)
2 lbs ground beef
2 medium green peppers, chopped
2 medium onions, chopped
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
4 (26 ounce) jars meatless sauce
2 eggs, lightly beaten
4 (16 ounce) cups shredded mozzarella cheese

directions

Cook pasta according to package directions.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the beef, green peppers, onions, and mushrooms over medium heat until meant is no longer pink; drain.
Drain pasta and place in a large bowl; stir in the beef mixture, two jars of spaghetti sauce and eggs.
Transfer to two greased 13in x 9in x 2in baking dishes.
Top with remaining sauce and sprinkle with cheese.
Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

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Reviews

Great way to use up the pasta shapes you have a little of leftover from here or there. Made this again. The kids and hubby enjoyed it. It is rather big and under seasoned so the second time around I changed using Zaar's servings changer down from 20 to 5 servings and in doing so used it as written except used 1 egg as a half wouldn't have worked. Used an 8x8x2 2 quart baking dish and it was perfect. I used Classico's Pasta sauce with sausage, onions and peppers. Doing so added some additional flavors. Next time I will add garlic as Ellie_ suggested and a sprinkle of seasonings as foodtvfan suggested. Thanks for posting Lauren Clark! Enjoy ChefDLH

CHEFDLH
Average. The kids liked it. Nice and cheesy.

Laura O.
A nice simple recipe, filling. Made it for a potluck dinner and it was well-received. Thanks!

alarra
Thanks for posting this delicious recipe from Taste of Home magazine. My usual choices for the pasta are elbows, rotini, penne, and spaghetti broken into pieces, or I just use up whatever pasta I have open at the time. Fresh minced garlic is a nice addition to the beef, pepper, onion mixture. A sprinkle of seasonings such as oregano or Italian seasoning is also nice. Half the recipe is great for a family of four dinner.

foodtvfan
Delicious and perfect for potlucks! I made this for a Church youth dinner but changed it a bit by using 3 boxes pasta (tri-colored rotini, shells and the flower shaped one), using 2 1/2 pounds ground beef and I added one can (14 1/2 oz) diced tomatoes to the hamburg mixture and about 1 1/2 pounds cheese. Although it depends on the pasta sauce used I think next time I will also add a bit of garlic with the onions. Thanks for sharing this keeper!

ellie_