Pasta Bakes

Pasta bakes are all-encompassing. They make enough food for an army (or you for a week), are super easy, and clean your fridge of pretty much everything. That, and they're pretty tasty.

In the pasta bake above, I used:
- Pasta
- Spicy frozen breakfast sausage
- Mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- Tomato sauce
- Jalapeno Pepper
- Onion
- Red bell pepper
- Spices to taste (I used basil, oregano, salt & pepper)

Basically, you brown your meat (if you don't want to be a vegetarian about it), pre-cook your veggies a bit in olive oil (or the meat juices), boil your pasta, and stick it all in a tin-foil lined pan with some sauce and spices.

Now, stick the pan in the oven (at about 350-400 degrees Farenheit) for 15-20 minutes to let the cheese melt and get golden brown.

Now you have leftovers to take to work for the next millennium.

Items not dumpstered: Mozzarella cheese, parmesean cheese, olive oil, herbs (from garden), salt/pepper