Cooking Light's Baked Ziti Casserole

Baked pasta is hearty, satisfying and easy to prepare. To streamline the recipe, the traditional step of browning the meat before it's combine with the rest of the ingredients is skipped; it cooks fully as the casserole bakes. This recipe easily doubles to feed a crowd; bake in a 13x9-inch baking dish for 35 minutes.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 6  ounces  uncooked ziti pasta
• 2  cups  basic  marinara sauce
• 1  cup  shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
• 1⁄4 cup  shredded asiago cheese, divided
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon  hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
• 6  ounces  ground turkey breast
•  cooking spray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and falt. Drain.
3. Combine pasta, basic marinara, 1/2 cup mozzarella, 2 T. Asiago, salt, pepper sauce, and turkey in a large bowl. Spoon into an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with remaining 1/.2 cup mozzarella and remaining 2 T. Asiago. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until cheese is lightly browned. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.