Low Budget Pasta W Cheesy Tomato Sauce Casserole Style

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 16 ounces pasta (rigatoni or penne or any tube shaped pasta)
• 52 ounces of your favorite canned tomato sauce (2 x 26 oz cans)
• 1/8 cup water
• 1/8 cup half-and-half or 1/8 cup milk
• 1/4 cup onion, diced
• 6 hot dogs, sliced or 6 equal amount kielbasa, cut in half and sliced
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese (e.g cheddar, mixed)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• butter
• 4 slices bread
• salt
• pepper
• basil
• oregano
• instant broth

Recipe

• 1 dice onion and saute in 1 tbs olive oil in a pot, large enough to also boil the pasta inches.
• 2 ad uncooked pasta, tomato sauce, water and half and half.
• 3 season with salt, pepper, basil, oregano and some instant broth to taste.
• 4 cover and bring to a boil. reduce heat and stir frequently.
• 5 while pasta and tomato sauce cook, slice hot dogs into 1/4 inch slices and saute in some butter until browned on both sides and ad too the pasta/sauce mix, continue to cook until pasta reaches preferred consistency. if necessary, ad some more liquid (e.g. water, half and half) should pasta absorbs too much sauce.
• 6 right before serving, stir in shredded cheese.
• 7 serve with buttered slices of bread.
• 8 the dish should have the overall texture of a baked casserole: thick, the sauce will be mostly absorbed by the pasta. leftovers heat up great in the micro wave the next day.