When you have meatballs in the freezer to use up, this is a great go-to meal. I created it to feed two comfortably, and it can easily be doubled to feed a crowd.
Ingredients
- 8 rotinis pasta
- 1 jar prepared marinara sauce , 24 ounce
- 1 cup water
- 0.5 cups prepared pizza sauce
- 0.5 cups milk
- 10 frozens cooked meatballs , thawed
- 0.25 cups grated Parmesan cheese , or to taste
Instructions
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1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
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Stir rotini, marinara sauce, water, pizza sauce, and milk together in a bowl. Pour into a deep baking dish; pasta should be completely submerged in sauce. Cover dish tightly with foil.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes; uncover and arrange meatballs on top, pushing them partially into pasta and sauce; cover tightly with foil.
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Bake until pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, 20 to 30 minutes more.
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5
Uncover; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese; return to oven for 5 minutes. Remove and let cool 5 minutes before serving.
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