Baked Pasta Freezer Meal Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 Box of Pasta Cooked (Any Kind will work)
• ½ Cup of onion, chopped finely
• 2 Cups of Ground Beef Cooked (approx. 1 lb.)
• 2 Jars of Spaghetti Sauce
• 6 Slices Provolone Cheese
• 1 Cup sour cream
• 1 8 oz. Bag of Mozzarella cheese

Instructions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 7-8 minutes; drain.
2. In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 8x8 inch pans with non-stick cooking spray. Layer as follows in each pan: ¼ of the ziti, ¼ of the sauce, 4 slices of Provolone cheese, ½ of sour cream, ¼ of ziti, ¼ mozzarella cheese and ¼ of sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese and remaining mozzarella cheese.
4. Bake covered for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted.

French Bread Pizza

1 loaf sliced French bread (or 2 loaves of Baguettes sliced fairly thin)
1 lb. hamburger
1-2 T. dried onion, depending on how much onion you like
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
Italian Seasoning, to taste (I used approximately 3-4 T.)
1/2 pound grated Mozzarella cheese
1 - 15 oz. jar marinara or pizza sauce

Brown hamburger with onion. Drain off fat.  Add cream of mushroom soup and stir together well. Add Italian Seasoning and mix well again. Placed sliced bread on cookie sheets. Spread meat mixture on the bread, top with Mozzarella cheese and then top that with marinara or pizza sauce. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

To freeze: Make pizzas but do not bake.  Place pizzas on cookie sheets in the freezer and let them freeze.  Transfer to zip-loc freezer bags until ready to eat.

Label:  Place pizzas on cookie sheet, bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes if thawed and for 20 minutes if frozen, or until cheese is melted. ENJOY!!