INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 Pounds Ground Beef
1 Pound Sweet Italian Sausage
1 Jar of your favorite Pasta Sauce, if you want to enhance this a little more add the next 3 ingredients
1/2 teaspoon Oregano - crushed
1/2 teaspoon Basil - crushed
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
I 1/2 Tablespoon Cracker Cow Seasoning (1 T per pound of GB)
1/2 cup to 3/4 cup water
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Pasta of your choice, we tend to use Angel Hair a lot for a non-baked pasta dish, or I just used a Cheese Ravioli to make a “Lazy Man’s Lasagna”. I used thin spaghetti. But you can combine everthing and use Ziti or Rigatoni for a baked dish.
Instructions:
Combine Cracker Cow Seasoning with Ground Beef and Mix well. You can cook as crumbles or make into little meatballs. We decided to make little meatballs so we added and egg to help the meatballs hold together.
Brown Ground Sweet Italian Sausage into crumbles.
In a large saucepan combine the Pasta Sauce, Oregano, Basil, Garlic and cooked meats and simmer to combine the spices more into the sauce. (Maybe 1/2 hour to 45 minutes.) Enough time to let the meat absorb some of the sauce flavors.
You may need to add a little water to the sauce after adding the meat for some more volume to the sauce.
Cook the pasta per package instructions.
This is where you can serve as a dish or combine ingredients to do a baked pasta dish. I would recommend baking at 350 degrees for 1/2 hour.