As a busy mom of two, I am always a huge fan of an easy (and delicious), home cooked meal! As always, you can sub the venison for any other meat you have!

Ingredients

• 2lbs ground venison- browned
• 1 medium onion- diced
• 1 TBSP italian seasoning
• 1 TBSP garlic powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 5 cups tomato pasta sauce (roughly 2 jars)
• 500g rigatoni pasta (about 1lb)
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

• Set oven to 350
• In a large saucepan, brown ground venison and onion over medium heat until browned and onion has softened. Drain any juices
• Add seasonings
• Add the pasta sauce and cook on low for 5 minutes, set aside
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta, cook until al dente
• Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water and drain pasta. Stir reserved pasta water into meat
• Combine pasta and pasta sauce
• Pouring lightly greased 9×13
• Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes
• Enjoy!

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