Pizza Lasagna

Petite Mommy's Note:

This is family friendly and absolutely delicious. You simply cook the noodles, layer into a pan and bake. (Recipe courtesy of Pillsbury)

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 45 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 9 lasagna noodles (uncooked)
• 1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green pepper and onion (undrained)
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages pepperoni slices
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms (drained)
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced ripe olives (drained)
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper (1/2 medium, chopped)
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Cook noodles as directed; drain. Be careful to keep them a little bit firm.
2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 12x8 inch (2 qt) casserle dish with cooking spray.
3. In 2 qt saucepan, mix pizza sauce and tomatoes. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until heated.
4. In medium bowl, mix ricotta cheese and italian seasoning.
5. Spread 1/4 cup pizza sauce mixture in bottom of pan. Arrange three cooked noodles over sauce. Spoon and spread half of ricotta mixture over noodles.
6. Top with 1/2 cup of mozzarlla cheese, 1 cup sauce mixture, 1/3 each of pepperoni slices, mushrooms, olives and bell pepper.
7. Repeat layers once.
8. Top with remaining noodles, sauce mixture, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni slices, mushrooms, olives and bell pepper. Sprinkle parmesan on top.
9. Bake uncovered fr 30-35 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes.

Reviews

[ALH]

Very good dish. I omitted the olives since I find olives to have an overpowering flavor in many dishes, however the rest of it I made the same. Took longer for it to cook until completely hot.