Baked Ziti

I love this recipe because it's always better the next day.

• Ready In: 1 hr 45 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  lb ground beef
• 6  links  sweet Italian sausage
• 2  your favorite sauce
• 1  yellow onion
• 2  garlic cloves
• 2  tablespoons  italian seasoning
• 1  pinch crushed red pepper flakes
•  salt and pepper
• 2  lbs ziti pasta
• 3  pre-shredded mozzarella cheese
•  dried parsley

Directions

1. Heat a pan with olive oil, add in chopped onion and garlic. Saute for 2 minutes. Add in ground beef and cook until done. Add in Italian seasoning and red pepper.
2. When done, set meat aside.
3. Using same pan remove the casings from the sausage and crumble and saute until crispy, not burnt.
4. Heat water to a rolling boil to cook pasta.
5. Cook ziti al dente.
6. The same pan mix sausage and ground beef.
7. Add sauce and pasta to pan with meat and mix.
8. In an aluminum tin, line the bottom with the meat and pasta mixture and sprinkle cheese. Keep layering until done adding cheese in between. You may need two tins.
9. Bake in oven at 350°F covered for about 1/2 hours. Remove tin foil and continue baking for another 1/2 hour or until crispy and golden brown.
10. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with parsley and cut into squares and serve.