Baked Ziti Casserole

"A thread in EE on everyone's best "easy" meals made me realize that I don't have enough meals like that for nights when I'm tired! I tend to make some pasta noodles and dump jarred sauce on top. Here's one I might try instead, from http://www.quickneasyrecipes.com/!"
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook pasta according to package directions.
  • Drain.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Spray rectangle baking dish with vegetable cooking spray.
  • In large mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese, 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese, and 1 cup of the sauce, with the basil, garlic powder, and pepper.
  • Add in cooked, drained ziti, and mix well.
  • Spoon pasta mixture into casserole dish.
  • Spread remaining sauce over top of the casserole, then top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
  • Sprinkle Parmesan on top and cover and bake for approximately 20 minutes.
  • Uncover and continue to bake an additional 15 minutes.

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Reviews

  1. What a nice surprise that so little effort can yield such a delicious meal. I think I may have added a bit more mozarella than was called for, but besides that I followed the recipe to the letter. This is not just a great "lazy day" meal plan, but good enough for company as well!
     
  2. Delicious! I used my homemade meat sauce, cut back on the basil and forgot the Parmesan. I think it would be great without the meat as well.
     
  3. This is really tasty. But I added spinach to it to help me out by adding veggies and the fiber in spinach actually lowers the point value of this.
     
  4. I really enjoyed this baked ziti, it wasn't too saucy or too cheesy like others I've made in the past. I used low fat cottage cheese instead of the ricotta and only used about 1/2 cup b/c I didn't realize that's all I had. I used a can of diced tomatoes (drained) to make up for the missing cottage cheese. DH had two big servings, I will make this one again! Thank you!
     
  5. I don't know what it was but this dish was not a crowd pleaser. It was too dry and there was WAY too much basil involved. My husband aet it but I couldn't stand it for two seconds.
     
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