Reviewed: Apr. 27, 2012

Great recipe and it does make a ton. Good when you need something easy to feed a house full of company. When I make it for our family of 3, I half it. I followed this recipe pretty much except for doubling the tomatoes and sauce as suggested by other reviewers. I kept the cheese the same for my wasteline's sake and it was still fabulous. Oh I did use extra garlic too because I love me some garlic :)

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raiderette74

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2012

If you want to add a little more flavor use italian sausage instead of ground beef. It will make it so much more flavorful!

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Bullet

Reviewed: May 29, 2011

This is an amazingly easy and yummy dish!

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Curly

Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2011

Pretty good. Easy to make. I forgot to cook the pasta before adding it, so I just added some water and the uncooked bowties and it came out pretty ok.

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Melissa

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Abilene, Texas, USA

Living In: Lancaster, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2011

Good and easy!

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fausterlady

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Waterloo, Iowa, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2011

This recipe was YUM! And easy! After reading reviews, I made the following changes and it came out perfect!! Only used 1 lb of beef and added a large container of mushrooms (quartered.) Used one can of tomato sauce and 3 cans of diced tomatoes with italian seasonings. This added extra flavor! It was quite soupy all day in the crock, but the pasta absorbed the perfect amount of liquid in the end and it was great! Hope you like leftovers....it makes a lot :-) Enjoy!

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jenniefromtheblock

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2010

Thanks for this idea! I used my own "meat sauce" recipe so it wasn't exactly as this recipe calls for, but I added the pasta (I didn't have bowtie so I used whatever I had), spinach and cheese - amazing! It seemed to dry out quickly though because I ate some and my husband didn't get to eat until a couple of hours later - still tasty - just a bit dryer.

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amyrenee726

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Newton Falls, Ohio, USA

Living In: Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2010

Very good - reminded me of lasagna but with much less work! Added a lot more spices than just the Italian seasoning & oregano...such as red & white pepper, garlic salt, etc. Also used 3 cans of tomato sauce and 1 can of diced tomatoes and left out the spinach as my husband and i don't much care for it. I would maybe add more cheese next time, but other than that, it was delicious! My husband even had seconds, which i was proud of!

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Stephanie

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2010

I thought this was a great and easy dinner. It makes so much that you will have a lot of leftovers, which I love. I too added more tomato sauce.

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crhq5c

Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2010

Very good - I added an extra can of tomato sauce, per reviewer's advice. It tasted a lot like beef ravioli in the end. It wasn't bad, but it would have been a lot easier to just make that. The benefit was this made A TON of food. Even after my husband and I ate a plateful, we had 6 containers of leftovers. The recipe says it has 6 servings, but I'd say it has more like 8 (especially with the extra can of tomato sauce). Good overall.

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