Easy Pepperoni Tortellini Bake

Last night I found a container of tortellini that I had cooked in spaghetti sauce that I knew was going to go to waste if I didn't do something with it.  I looked further in my fridge and saw that I had some ground beef from the night before that never got used and of course I had cheese so I decided to do a spaghetti bake but in my case Baked Tortellini. Here are the stars of my dish:

 

We have leftover tortellini in spaghetti sauce, leftover ground beef, cheese and my secret ingredient... PEPPERONI! First I put the ground beef and tortellini in the microwave for about 30 seconds to warm up any of the extra fat that had settled on the bottom of the container.

Then I mixed the two in the casserole dish and cut up the pepperonis into 4s so that it would be easier to eat and layered that on top.

 

Next I added a layer of cheese, I would have shredded it to cover more area but someone has disappeared my cheese shredder because he got frustrated with it... not naming names :)

 

I popped this bad boy into the preheated 350 degree oven and let it cook for 30 min (uncovered)

 

 

And my daughter got into it before I could get a good picture. My hunky man got home and asked me what was in it and I refused to tell him until he told me he liked it.. He thought I snuck some veggies in there like I normally do but I was too lazy for that last night. I would have normally added some cooked carrots and cauliflower and blended it up before adding it to the sauce but I didn't feel like doing all that work so I just went the quick and easy route.

 

Easy Pepperoni Tortellini Bake

Ingredients:

Left over tortellini in spaghetti sauce (or any sauce or any noodle)

left over ground beef (or any leftover meat or none)

10 pepperonis that are cut into 4s

Cheese (lots!)

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat up leftovers in microwave for about 30 Seconds then combine the ground beef with the tortellini in the casserole dish. Top with cut up pepperonis then top with cheese. Put in oven (uncovered) for 30 min. Let it rest for about 5 min before digging into it.. ENJOY!