With school having started back, our laid-back summer schedule has suddenly gotten busy. The kids are here, there and everywhere and this mama is simply trying to keep up with everything while ensuring that I have a delicious dinner on the table each and every night. I’ll tell you that in my home, we eat a lot of Pasta! With two growing boys and a hungry hubby, it’s my go-to choice when I need a quick and easy dinner that is sure to disappear! Recently, I’ve mixed up my pasta dish a little bit though by treating it almost like a pizza and adding fresh veggies and fun toppings to it. The result is a sure-to-disappear Italian Pizza Pasta that’s perfect for busy weeknights and can be whipped up in less than thirty minutes! Want to know how to make it? Sure you do and from one busy mama to another, I’m thrilled to share this sure-fire-dinner-time hit that’s perfect for serving to the entire family!
What You Will Need
1 Box of Rotini Pasta
1 Jar of Pasta Sauce
3-4 Large Zucchini
1 Large Sweet Onion
Plenty of Pepperoni
1 Cup of Shredded Cheese
How to Make It
This simple weeknight meal is so easy to whip up and is always sure to satisfy! To start, I boiled my pasta according to the directions on the box. While my pasta was boiling, I diced my zucchini and onion and added them to a saute pan, cooking them just until the onions were translucent.
As soon as my zucchini and onions were cooked, I added in my jar of pasta sauce and continue to heat the mixture until it was all warm (about 5 to 7 minutes).
As soon as my sauce mixture was ready, I added it to a large bowl and then added my cooked pasta to the top of it.
After stirring my pasta sauce mixture and noodles together, I was ready to start assembling my Italian Pizza Pasta! I started by placing a layer of my pasta mixture into the bottom of a greased casserole dish.
I topped the pasta mixture with half of my cheese.
Next, I added a layer of pepperoni.
I followed this pattern again to add an additional layer of each of my ingredients and fill my casserole dish to the top.
Once my Italian Pizza Pasta was completely assembled, I placed it into the oven on 375 degrees for 15 minutes, just long enough to melt the cheese and crisp the pepperoni so that everything was ooey-gooey delicious!
Then all that was left to do was serve it up to my hungry family for a meal that was a definite hit!
Now, I was so thrilled at how simple this dish was to make that I figured instead of just telling you about it, I’d show you how to put this quick and delicious weeknight dinner on the table! Check out the video below for a quick easy-to-follow tutorial of this family favorite meal!
Then tell me, who in your family would love this Italian Pizza Pasta?
OMG this sounds SO good. My kids are going to LOVE this. I am totally making this for dinner one night this week.
I love the addition of zucchini to your pasta dish! It’s a great way for me to sneak in some veggies. My family will love this dish and I look forward to making it this week.
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Yesssss. This is the best pasta bake ever! I love the addition of zucchini to the mix. No kid can say no to a recipe like this even if there IS something green in it! WOOT!
Yum, this would make a delicious dinner. Everyone in the family loves pasta, so I imagine everyone would enjoy this. I’d have to leave out the zucchini though, it would freak everyone out. But the onions could stay!
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I love pizza pasta bakes, but I’ve never used zucchini in mine. That would be a great addition!
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I love how you snuck in a veggie adding the zucchini! I am definitely going to try this out!
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Oh yum now this sounds like it would taste absolutely amazing, I have to admit it includes so many things I love and I’ve never tried the idea of a pizza pasta!
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There’s just so many layers of a tasty pasta meal here. It looks really delicious and makes a good pasta meal.
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We’re big pasta fans here! I make something similar that everyone enjoys, the difference is yours has zucchini which my hubby would love.
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We enjoy a good pasta dish but not to often. Pasta really set off my husband diabetic levels unfortunately.
We love pasta! Now I’m hungry. Zucchini is love. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I will try this one of these days.
Pasta is one of my weaknesses, but, at the same time a big no-no for weight loss (speaking for me). Other than the pasta issue, I’d love to make and eat this. I’m sure I could substitute the pasta.
Yum! What a great twist on pasta and/or pizza. This would be a hit in our home!
Pasta is my favorite and this Italian pasta is looking yummy.
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My kids love anything with cheese and pepperonis! Going to have to give this a try for dinner this week.
This is just sounding so good. I know I’d like all of the cheese and it would be fun to change up pasta night.
This dish looks absolutely delicious. I love that there is fresh zucchini in it.
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We make a dish that is very similar and it is always well received. My kiddos LOVE anythign with cheesy pepperoni!
Yum… I also love that I add some of my extra veggies into it, we have a large amount of zucchini right now.
This looks amazing! My family loves pasta. I’ll have to add this to our list. I can’t wait to give this a try. I love that it’s a healthier option too.
This looks awesome! And I just found a gluten free rotini pasta my family loves, so we’ll definitely be trying this out.
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I have been looking for some new recipes to add to my meal plans. I will have to give this Italian Pizza Pasta recipe a try on the weekend. I am sure it will be a hit.
I’m not a big bread person at all so I tend not to like pizza, I know, I know. This is something the family would go crazy for and a great compromise!
This looks super yummy and easy to make! Maybe even easy enough that I can make it a day early and freeze it. I love finding recipes like these that my family will enjoy but makes it easy for this mama to cook!
This looks amazing and hearty. I can’t wait to try this with my kids.
Wow! I started drooling when i see the first picture! That dish look so delicious!
What a delicious dish! I LOVE pepperoni and I’m Italian, so of course I was sort of born into loving pasta and pizza, LOL! I have to try this out!
Oh my this looks oh so good!! Love how relatively easy it would be to make.
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Yum! I’ve never tried anything like this but it sounds so tasty. I can’t wait to make it, I bet my kids will love it.
Yum! What a fun spin on pizza night! Our weeknights are hectic so this will be perfect.
That looks so mouth watering. It will be on our dinner table on Pizza/Pasta Friday. I can’t wait to make this. Look at all that cheesy goodness!
I like this recipe because it includes vegetables. Sometimes it is difficult to get the kids to eat their vegetables but if it is in a dish that looks this great, I am sure they will gobble it up in record time. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
ok, i need to make this soon, my family would love it.
This looks really good. my family loves anything to do with pizza and pasta, combine them and its the best.
My kids would absolutely love this! I am going to add it to our menu for next week. Delicious!
I make a pizza pasta close to this, it is always a hit with my family. Think I’ll try your recipe next.
This sounds like something that my girls would really love. Can you make it ahead and freeze it, or assemble on the weekend for later in the week? It seems like it would hold up ok.
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We love pasta and pizza and this recipe has both. Love Zucchini and that would add its own presence in this yummy dish. Hope to try and see how it turns out.
My kids would die for this. They love anything related to pizza. I need to make this soon.
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