Baked Rotini

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Baked Rotini

12- or 13-oz box of whole wheat pasta

12 oz sausage (I used spicy Italian chicken sausage)
1 large onion, chopped
1 or 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
8 oz mushrooms, sliced
10-oz package frozen chopped spinach, thawed if you have time
1 lb fresh mozzarella, cubed
8 oz part skim (processed) mozzarella, grated
2 28-oz cans tomatoes (crushed, diced, chopped, whatever you like)
oregano, thyme, basil, salt, pepper

Brown sausage, breaking up. Set aside. Saute onion. Add mushrooms when the onions start to turn translucent. Add the garlic whenever. Add some of the herbs; you can put more in later. Add the spinach; if it's still frozen, give it a poke every now and then until it's thawed and separated. Add the canned tomatoes. Add more herbs if you need to. Put the sausage back in. Let it simmer a little while, then remove from heat.

Cook pasta until just underdone. Drain and mix with sauce and cubed fresh mozzarella.

Spread out into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Cover with grated mozzarella.

Bake at 350F, covered, for 15 mins. Uncover and bake another 15 mins.