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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | 2. Bring water to boil, add salt and pasta and cook per directions. | 3. Use 2 T of butter and grease a 9 x 12 baking dish. | 4. Dice green pepper and onion. | 5. Slice mushrooms. | 6. Heat 2 T of garlic oil and saute on medium heat bell pepper, onion, and mushrooms 3-4 minutes. | 7. Drain pasta and set aside. | 8. Add ground sirloin, crumbling as you add. Add salt & pepper, breaking up beef into small bites. Remain cooking until beef is no longer pink, drain excess gease. | 9. Add jar of pasta sauce and heat through. | 10. While meat sauce is cooking, add softened cream cheese, sour cream, and cottage cheese to a medium size mixing bowl. | 11. Using a hand mixer or immersion blender, mix 3 ingredients until well blended. | 12. Layer 1/2 pasta into baking dish, add blended cheese mixture and smooth evenly over pasta. | 13. Evenly add remaining pasta followed by red meat sauce. | 14. Cover dish with foil and bake 20 minutes. (I spray oil my foil so it doesn't stick). | 15. Remove foil and add grated cheese on top. | 16. Return to oven for 10-15 minutes until cheese has melted well. | 17. Rest for 5 minutes before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
rotini pasta	16	ounces	substituted	403.4667	0.0	89.76	2.2667
salt	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
garlic	1	tablespoon	minced	12.665	2.8101	0.5406	0.0425
green bell pepper	1			403.4667	0.0	89.76	2.2667
onion	1			44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
mushroom	8	ounces	sliced	77.1106	15.3994	5.0802	1.1113
kosher salt	1/2	teaspoon		403.4667	0.0	89.76	2.2667
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
cream cheese	1 -8	ounce		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cream	1/4	cup	sour	113.85	2.6622	1.403	11.1262
cottage cheese	8	ounces		221.48	7.6388	25.1312	9.718
red pasta sauce	28	ounces		444.52	82.5537	12.7006	9.5254
cheese	2 -3	cups	grated	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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