"Pizza" Pasta Toss

photo by:kraft

Switch up pizza night with pepperoni, green peppers and mushrooms all in a bubbling pasta dish instead of a deep dish. Five-cheese blend is mixed in to seal the deal.

time

prep:

10 min

total:

25 min

servings

total:

4 servings

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What You Need

cups (8 oz.) penne pasta, uncooked

1/4

cup KRAFT Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

oz. OSCAR MAYER Pepperoni, quartered

mushrooms, sliced (about 2 cups)

green pepper, chopped (about 1 cup)

cups spaghetti sauce

cup KRAFT Finely Shredded Italian* Five Cheese Blend

Make It

COOK pasta as directed on package.

MEANWHILE, heat dressing in large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Add pepperoni, mushrooms and peppers; cook and stir 8 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add sauce; mix well. Cover. Reduce heat to low; simmer 3 min.

DRAIN pasta; place in large serving bowl. Add sauce mixture and cheese; toss to coat.

* Made with quality cheeses crafted in the USA.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Variation

Omit pepperoni. Reduce vegetable cooking time to 5 min. Add 2 slices cooked and crumbled OSCAR MAYER Bacon along with the cheese.

Shortcut

To quickly cut the pepperoni, simply stack the slices before cutting into quarters as directed.

Note

If using a very thick spaghetti sauce, reserve 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking water when draining the pasta. Gradually add the reserved cooking water to the finished dish until of desired consistency.

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SpeticRuby

posted:1/19/2009

I think that next time we would do sausage or some kind of meat. I was fine for me but my husband wanted "more meat." You could do any veggies that you wanted, onions would be great

a cook

posted:10/28/2008

Did not like this recipe. Very blah...

moonlessbraclet

posted:10/12/2008

This was Fantastic!! Whole family LOVED it!!! Will be a keeper in our house.

blondegermanfemale

posted:9/18/2008

This is one of my family's favorites. It's so easy and quick to put together and made with on hand ingredients. Plus, we like to add other pizza toppings.

aemoutos

posted:9/12/2008

My husband loved this! I, personally, would've put 1/2 the amount of green bell pepper. It was pretty good!

silver1113

posted:8/19/2008

My family doesn't care for chunks of vegetables in their pasta but, they really liked this.

a cook

posted:7/22/2008

Absolutely delicous!!!! The whole family loves it. As a matter of fact I'm making it for dinner tonight.

a cook

posted:7/16/2008

My family loved this

a cook

posted:6/5/2008

My family loved this!!!

apalermini

posted:5/10/2008

My husband liked it, I thought it was ok. There was something that I didn't like and could not quite figure it out. It was very fast and easy to make which was a big plus.