5 Reviews of Make Ahead Italian Sausage and Pasta Bake

From: French Tart

On Mar 10, 2008

One of the most delicious and "well behaved" pasta bakes I have EVER made! The taste was SO Italian, it was the fennel seeds and the combination of cheeses - just superb! I could have made this quite happily without the sausage, and I may do that next time - when I fancy a meat fee meal. I made this for the Pasta and Potato Photo tag - but I can assure you that I will be making this MANY times again - just lovely! Thanks for posting - FT

From: QueenJellyBean

On Apr 4, 2008

This recipe was really tasty. It is limited only by your likes in pasta sauce. I will try it again with different kinds of red sauce but also thought it would be wonderful with chicken and alfredo sauce too. I used an 8 oz can of tomato sauce and 2 lb of uncooked penne and it definately filled both baking dishes to heaping. Great recipe- thanks for sharing. **UPDATE** I have made this like 4 times in the last month and have used a different sauce every time..I only put the spinach in once and one time I used alfredo sauce and chicken....OMG! Everyone raves about this recipe!

From: jennifer in new jersey

On Apr 14, 2008

Delicious, healthy and easy meal to prepare. I somehow forgot to review this lifesaver! I used this recipe so that there would be a healthy and good meal when i returned home from surgery. I follwed the recipe exactly except i omitted the fennel seed as i havent aquired a taste for that just yet. Used all organic ingredients and chose the grated asiago (my daughter's preference). I used Paul Newman's bobolina sauce, but added just a little more than the recipe called for as my daughter and i love extra sauce on everything. It worked out so very well (my first time at making a meal ahead of time) down to every detail that i made it again twice since then on occassions when i knew i wasnt going to be home all day but wanted to still have a good meal come dinner time. Served this with a starter of a small spinach salad with balsamic dressing. Thank you so much for sharing this keeper recipe!

From: Sage

On Aug 6, 2009

This is soooo good! I was looking for a recipe to use up my cooked italian sausage. With all my ingredients ready to go; ittook me 10 minutes to get it together. My pasta was cooked(leftover from another meal), always have homemade tomato sauce in the freezer, and the spinach was cooked and waiting to be served. Wow what a winner. A great meal to make ahead when my kids come to visit; thank so much for posting. Can't compete with FT's pictures; sorry. Rita

From: agileangus

On Aug 31, 2008

I made this exactly as the recipe suggested, and then froze it. I thawed and baked it several days later. The noodles were mushy and it not "saucy" enough.