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healthy pizza casserole

Easy Pizza Casserole Recipe

4.96 from 24 votes
Spoil yourself with tonight's dinner by choosing this Easy Pizza Casserole. Made with your favorite hearty ingredients from both pasta and pizza, this dish is an explosion of flavor and savory, cheesy goodness!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Course: dinner, gluten-free, lunch, meal-prep
Cuisine: American
Calories: 455

Ingredients
  

  • 16 oz pasta I used brown rice fusilli from TJ's
  • 2 tbsp avocado oil
  • 1/2 yellow onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 green pepper diced
  • 4 cups broccoli chopped
  • 1.5 lb chicken sausage uncooked and in casing (from the meat counter)
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 4 cups pasta sauce
  • 3 oz pepperoni
  • 1-2 cup shredded mozzarella

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9x13 glass baking dish with non-stick spray.
  2. Cook pasta according to package, drain and set aside.
  3. Meanwhile, heat dutch oven with avocado oil. Once hot, add in yellow onion, garlic, green pepper, and broccoli.
  4. Let saute for a 5 minutes until veggies begin to soften.
  5. Take sausage out of casing and add to veggies. Chop up using wooden spoon and let cook all the way through.
  6. Once cooked, add in oregano, basil, and salt. Then add in diced tomatoes and pasta sauce.
  7. Stir to combine, and then add in pasta noodles, stirring until all mixed together.
  8. Pour into baking dish and then add a layer of pepperoni. Top with mozzarella cheese.
  9. Bake in oven uncovered for 25 minutes.
  10. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 455kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 23gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 1561mgPotassium: 658mgFiber: 5gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1061IUVitamin C: 54mgCalcium: 122mgIron: 3mg

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