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Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake with Garlic Crescent Rolls

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Pepperoni Pasta Bake in the dish.

Pepperoni Pasta Bake in the dish.

Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake and Garlic Crescent Roll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone (well mostly everyone) loves pasta and pizza…so why not combine the two?? So I did! And instead of going with the usual garlic bread I thought I’d try something different and just season some crescent rolls with garlic powder. Everything turned out wonderfully!! It wasn’t difficult at all and it tasted fantastic! We even had seconds!!

Ingredients for Pizza Bake:

1lb box of Rotini Pasta (but you only use 3/4 of it) – if you’re looking for “healthier” pasta option try the Creamette 150 Calorie Rotini Pasta. It’s just as good as the original!

1 bag of Hormel Pepperoni Slices (not the mini ones, use the normal size ones)

1 Jar (the medium size…not the super big, and not the small) of Spaghetti Sauce (I used Ragu with Mushrooms sauce)

4 cups of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Oregano (season to taste)

Basil (season to taste)

Black Pepper (season to taste)

Salt (season to taste)

Directions for Pizza Bake:

1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2) Cook 3/4 of the box of pasta to your liking…I don’t like al dente so I make sure it’s soft. However, do not over cook your noodles.

3) Drain noodles

4) Add pasta sauce, oregano, basil, salt and pepper.

5) Mix well.

6) Simmer for 5 – 7 minutes,

7) Spray non-stick spray in a baking dish (I used a 3 quart Pyrex clear baking dish).

8) Carefully pour pasta mix in baking dish, making sure it’s evenly spread out.

9) Place the pepperoni in an overlapping layer over the pasta mix.

10) Cover the pepperoni with the shredded cheese.

11) Bake at 375 for 25 minutes (or until cheese is golden brown along the edges)

12) Let sit for about 5 – 10 minutes before serving.

Ingredients for Garlic Crescent Rolls:

Package of Pillsbury Crescent Roll Dough

Garlic Powder

Directions for Garlic Crescent Rolls:

1) Unroll crescent dough.

2) Separate the triangles.

3) Roll the triangles to make crescent rolls.

4) Sprinkle garlic powder on top of the crescent rolls (use as much or as little as you like. I simply put it in my hand and sprinkled it with my fingers over each one).

5) Bake at 375 for 10 – 12 minutes (until they are golden brown).

I really hope you try this recipe out…it’s very cheesy and quite tasty! And the crescent rolls are a fun deviation from the usual garlic bread! Let me know what you think if you try it out! Hope you love it as much as I did!

 

 

Doritios Crescent Taco Bake

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Doritos Crescent Taco Bake Doritos Crescent Taco Bake

“This is like taco crack!” exclaimed my bestie. She had two helpings, and wanted a third but knew she couldn’t handle a third…so we’re having it for dinner, too! 🙂 You and your family will LOVE this! It’s easy to make, and will knock their socks off! You can make it as spicy or as mild as you’d like depending on what ingredients you use. I like it mild, so this is my recipe…but I will give you some ideas to help you make it spicier, too!

Ingredients:

1 can (8oz) refrigerated crescent rolls

1 lb burger

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 can Mild Enchilada sauce (or you can add a spicier enchilada sauce if you’d like it more spicy)

1 can Cream of Celery soup

1/3 cup of milk

Large bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos

16oz bag of shredded cheese (Mexican or Taco flavored is best)

*If you want to make it spicier, I would suggest adding some jalepenos and green chiles into the meat mixture when you add the onions*

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Brown the burger and onions in skillet (no need to drain)

Add mild enchilada sauce, cream of celery soup and milk.

Simmer mixture for 5 minutes.

Spray baking dish with non-stick spray.

Unroll crescent roll dough into bottom of non-stick sprayed baking dish.

Crush the Doritos.

Layer:

Doritos on top of crescent roll

Meat mixture on top of Doritos

Shredded cheese

Doritos

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Let sit five minutes before serving.

I really hope you’ll love this as much as I do!! It’s so yummy!!! Let me know what you think!