Penne Surpreme

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 16 ounces penne pasta (you can use any type of pasta you wish)
• 1 lb italian sausage (hot or sweet - a good alternative is turkey sausage)
• 1 (28 ounce) jar pasta sauce
• 1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 -2 bell pepper, chopped (any color)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 16 ounces black olives, sliced
• 1/2 lb mushroom, chopped
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• mixed italian herbs (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta according to directions.
• 2 sautee onion, garlic and bell peppers in olive oil for at least a minute in a large frying pan or dutch oven.
• 3 break up sausage and add to frying pan.
• 4 cook until no longer pink.
• 5 add the mushrooms.
• 6 cook until softened slightly.
• 7 add the black olives.
• 8 add the plum tomatoes and pasta sauce.
• 9 add some italian herbs if you wish.
• 10 cook until heated through.
• 11 add the pasta.
• 12 stir well.
• 13 put half the pasta mixture into a large casserole dish.
• 14 then sprinkle half of the cheeses.
• 15 put in remaining pasta mixture and sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
• 16 if you wish sprinkle some italian herbs on top of the cheese.
• 17 bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until heated through.