Weekend Pizza Bake

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2

Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Step 3

In a large pan over medium heat, add the beef and cook, while crumbling, until it is no longer pink. Drain the excess grease.

Step 4

Add the crushed tomatoes and their juices, the garlic salt, and the Italian seasoning to the cooked beef and stir to combine.

Step 5

Evenly spread 1/2 of the cooked penne into the bottom of the prepared baking dish and evenly top with 1/2 of the beef mixture. Evenly sprinkle the beef mixture with 1/2 of the mozzarella, then evenly layer with 1/2 of the pepperoni slices. Repeat the layers once.

Step 6

Evenly sprinkle the parmesan over the pizza bake, then cover the baking dish with foil.

Step 7

Bake the pizza bake, about 30 minutes.

Step 8

Discard the foil and bake the pizza bake again until it is bubbly and brown, about 15 minutes.

Step 9

Transfer the baking dish to a wire rack and let the pizza bake cool, about 5 minutes.

Step 10

Serve the pizza bake garnished with the parsley.