Lazy Lasagna In A Bowl

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb italian sausage (mild or hot)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 8 ounces button mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 2 zucchini, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried italian seasoning
• 1 (796 ml) can diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup 10% half-and-half cream
• 2 cups water
• 3/4 cup baby shell pasta
• salt
• 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese (shredded) or 3/4 cup provolone cheese (shredded)

Recipe

• 1 remove sausage meat from casings and crumble into large deep pot.
• 2 place pot over medum-high heat and cook, breaking up meat with a spoon, for about 5 minutes or until no longer pink.
• 3 with a slotted spoon, transfer meat into a bowl, discarding any fat left in the pot.
• 4 return pot to medium-high heat, and add butter, mushroom, zucchini and italian seasonings.
• 5 cook stirrinmg, for about 8 minutes or until no liquid remains from mushrooms.
• 6 return meat with any accumulated juices to pot and add tomatoes.
• 7 whisk flour into cream and add to pot along with water and pasta. increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
• 8 reduce heat and simmer, stirring occoasonally, for about 10 minutes, or unti pasta is tender, but firm. season to taste with salt, if using.
• 9 dividee cheese amound soup bowls, and ladle soup over top to melt cheese.