Joel’s Lazy Lasagna

Joel’s Lazy Lasagna

Here’s what you’ll need:
1 16 oz box brown rice pasta
1 lb ground sausage (we used pork)
1 16 oz jar tomato sauce
1 15 oz can stewed tomatoes
1 15 oz can large black olives
1 2 cup pkg shredded mozzarella
8 oz sliced mushrooms*

Here’s what you’ll do:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Boil water. Cook pasta according to package directions.

3. Brown sausage in a large skillet.

4. In a saucepan, combine tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes over low heat.

5. Drain olives, chop or tear in half lengthwise.

6. In a large bowl (or the empty pasta pot, if you don’t want to get another dish dirty – this is lazy lasagna, after all), combine cooked pasta, sausage, olives, tomato mixture, and mushrooms (if using).

7. Spread pasta mixture in a 9″x13″ Pyrex dish. Top with shredded cheese.

8. Bake uncovered for 15 minutes, until cheese bubbles. Allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving.

Makes 8 servings.

*Mushrooms optional.