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[SheilaT]

189. Okay, I did that.

I'm also going to go back and make a small change in the seasonings. It should be celery SEED, not salt. Typo on my part. I never use celery salt, only celery seed.

I do love to cook and I like to think I'm a decent cook. Here's the recipe for the spicy sausage rigatoni bake I'm making tomorrow which will go to feed homeless in Santa Fe:

Spicy Italian Sausage Pasta Bake

1 pound bulk Italian sausage. Sweet, spicy, any combination therof. I most recently made it half sweet and half spicy.
1 onion sliced
1 green pepper sliced
1 pound rigatoni noodles
2 jars of a nice vodka sauce. Buy a good one.

Fix the rigatoni per package directions. When cooked, rinse well, then sprinkle with kosher salt and a few twists of the pepper grinder.

Meanwhile, cook the sausage and drain.

Cook the onion and green pepper in some olive oil until they look right.

Combine all the cooked ingredients in a large enough casserole. A lasagna pan is a good size.

Now dump the vodka sauce and mix well. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. If you want you can top with some Parmesan cheese

This also freezes well. You might guess I live alone. It's tricky cooking for one unless you're happy with leftovers and find things that are good to freeze.