Baked Sausage and Chicken Pasta

Ingredients:

• 250 grams Elbow macaroni, cooked
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pc medium onion, chopped
• 100 grams ground chicken
• 1 pc(80g)Italian Sausage, coarsely chopped or diced
• 1 pouch (250 g) spaghetti sauce
• ¼ cup chicken stock or water
• ½ cup sliced black pitted olives
• 1 cup grated quick melt cheese
• 1 pack (240g) cottage cheese

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Saute garlic and onion in olive oil. Add chicken and cook for 1 minute. Add Italian sausage. Cook for another minute.
2. Add Spaghetti sauce, chicken stock, olives, ¼ tsp iodized fine salt (or ¾ tsp iodized rock salt). Simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside.
3. Mix cooked Macaroni with a third of the sauce. Place half of the macaroni mixture in a lightly greased 8" x 11" pan. Spread half or remaining sauce and half of cheese. Repeat procedure.
4. Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until cheese melts.

Tips: Italian sausage may be replaced with Hungarian Sausage or spicy hotdogs. Leftover meat sausages can be added to make the dish more flavorful.

Makes 8 servings.