Slow Cooker Pizza Casserole

Submitted by Aunt Paula

"This yummy and fillng recipe makes a full crockpot, which your whole family will enjoy! I like to add a salad and some garlic bread to complete the meal."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 4 (14 ounce) jars pizza sauce
• 1 1⁄2 lbs ground beef, cooked and drained
• 1 lb sausage, cooked and drained
• 1 lb corkscrew macaroni, cooked and drained
• 2 cups shedded mozzarella cheese
• 2 cups freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 2 (4 ounce) cans mushroom stems and pieces, drained
• 2 (3 ounce) packages sliced pepperoni
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced

directions

1. Combine all indgredients in slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on LOW for 4 hours, or on HIGH for 2 hours.

Reviews

[CHEFDLH]

The only thing I changed really was to use pinwheel pasta as it made it more kid friendly and more pizza-like. The only problem is that it didn't all fit in my slow cooker. My cooker is older but big I thought, until this recipe. It wouldn't all fit so I had to make it into two. Knowing that I will half it next time. I should have known with 4 jars of sauce! BUT.. This dish is a keeper! My seven year old gobbled up 2 servings quite quickly. My husband (the meat lover) declared it delicious. We will definitely make it again when we have more people eating it!

 

[DrGaellon]

Based on the nutrition information, this should make more like SIXTEEN servings, not six (as given, the serving size is 1.25 POUNDS per serving).

 

[MizEmerilLagasse]

This was quite tasty. I added a little bit more garlic just because you can never have to much in a dish, and I also added a little red pepper flake to give it same heat. The amount that this made was a lot, but the leftovers were great for lunch after I put them in a casserole dish, topped with some parm. and bake it for 30 minutes in a 350 oven. The dish came right back to life. Thanks for posting this great recipe. :)

 

[The Bearded One]

very good

 

[talldoc]

Very tasty. It does make quite a big batch. I would disagree with the Nutrition Facts. This definitely makes more than 6 servings. I had a crockpot full at a small potluck of 14 and had over half of the pot left over.