Pizza Casserole

By Becky Jo

This pizza inspired casserole comes together quickly and is one of my family's favorite meals. The great thing about this dish is it's easily adaptable with ingredients you have on hand.

Ingredients

• 1 bag egg noodles
• 1 extra large can Rague sauce, or your preference
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded, or more to taste
• 1 1/2 pounds hamburger meat
• 1 package pepperonis

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

Layer the following ingredients in the order listed, starting with a thin layer of tomato sauce, half the noodles, half the meat, half the sauce, the remaining noodles, half the cheese, remaining meat, sauce, cheese and finally the pepperonis.

Now cover with foil, and bake for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, remove the foil & bake for another 15 minutes

Once it's done baking, take it out & let it sit for 10 or 15 minutes

VOILA!

Here's a list of a few other ways people are making this.

Sausage instead of hamburger meat
Ricotta cheese, along with the mozzarella
Freezable
Add onions for more flavor
Italian seasoning for more flavor
Rotini noodles instead of egg noodles
Pizza sauce instead of spaghetti sauce