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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cook pasta to aldente stage, put in strainer, do not rinse and set aside to completely drain. | 2. Heat large saute pan, add olive oil, onion, sweet red peppers, hot crushed red pepper flakes and garlic. | 3. Saute on low until soft, not brown. | 4. Place in a small bowl and set aside. | 5. In same pan, brown sausage until cooked through. | 6. If not using Jimmy Dean Sausage, remove any excess fat. | 7. Return vegetable mixture back to pan and add tomato sauce, basil, salt and pepper to taste. | 8. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer 10 minutes. | 9. Grease 2 quart casserole, put 1/2 of the pasta, cover with 1/2 of the meat/sauce mixture, lay slices of 1/2 of the zucchini, sprinkle 1/2 of the cheese, repeat with a second layer of pasta, meat/sauce mixture, zucchini slices, ending with the remaining cheese. | 10. Bake covered in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes, remove cover and bake until lightly brown, about 10 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
jimmy dean sausage	1	package		-	-	-	-
onion	1			44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
red pepper	1		sweet	-	-	-	-
garlic	2	cloves	minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
extra virgin olive oil	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
red pepper flake	1	teaspoon	crushed	-	-	-	-
basil	2	teaspoons		0.4063	0.0468	0.0556	0.0113
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
zucchini	1		unpeeled sliced	3.36	0.4976	0.4336	0.064
salt black pepper				-	-	-	-
penne pasta	1/2	box		-	-	-	-
colby monterey jack cheese	1	package	shredded	-	-	-	-
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.