With three young children, Wendy Skidmore relies on dishes that are simple, quick, and use ingredients she typically has on hand. This tasty baked penne is a good example.
This was such a great dish. I wanted to find a way to use the Rainbow Swiss chard that came with my CSA order and came across this recipe using the pantry list search (such a cool tool!). I used fresh chicken sausage and whole wheat rigatoni since that was what I had on hand. My husband and I loved it and the spice of the sausage really offered a nice punch of flavor. I took the suggestion of other reviewers and layered the cheese with the pasta mixture.
What a fabulous way to incorporate chard! My family devoured this dish. I used a lean chicken sausage - hot italian-style and mixed in half the cheese as KendrainNC did. Delicious.
This was great! I used elbow noodles b/c it's what I had on hand, and mixed half the cheese blend in with the pasta and topped it with the other half. Will make again!
