Easy Potluck Rigatoni Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Pour half of the hot noodles into the "turkey" pan.
• Pour half of the butter over the noodles.
• Sprinkle with half of the garlic powder and half of the garlic salt.
• Sprinkle half of the cheeses over the top and mix well into the pasta.
• Pour one can of the pizza sauce over the pasta and mix.
• Add half of the spinach leaves and mix into the pasta.
• Make another layer, using the rest of all of your ingredients, mixing well.
• Place in oven and bake at 400 for 30 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and cover with aluminum foil and place back in oven.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for one hour to make sure that the pasta and sauce is cooked thoroughly.
• After one hour, remove foil and bake until the top is golden brown.
• Remove from oven and serve or let it "set" for an hour. If you let it 'set" then replace the foil.
• This can be served hot or at room temperature.
• **For a more frugal recipe, you can use canned tomato sauce and add some Italian herbs and/or oregano instead of the canned pizza sauce. I found the pizza sauce in the large cans at a restaurant supply store for only $1.49 a can (28 oz can) which is a great price. Stores like that also sell 4 pound bags of rigatoni for a few dollars. The whole large turkey pan of rigatoni cost me under $20.00. (The cheese was the most expensive ingredient.) To cut the cost on cheese, grate a large piece or you can use cottage cheese. If you use the cottage cheese, use 2 pounds of cheese and let it sit in a strainer to remove most of the liquid for at least an hour. Then add it to the pasta as described above.
• **You can add more vegetables such as chopped zucchini, black olives, eggplant, canned and drained tomatoes. You can also add a few pounds of meat for a regular baked rigatoni dish.)

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