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Easy Baked Ziti Recipe

September 13, 2013 By Linda Leave a Comment

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Earlier this week I talked about my back-to-school resolutions.  Promises I make to myself at the start of the school  year in an attempt to start fresh again …

 

and change my wayward ways. Winking smile

 

One of my many resolutions is to cook meals for my family from scratch.  Okay, scratch-ish.  It’s not like I’m going to start pressing my own pasta. I need to be realistic.  And not every meal will be from scratch. Ish.  Or scratch at all …

 

McDonald’s will be sneaking its way onto the kid’s menu here and there.

 

But cooking a meal from scratch-ish doesn’t have to be time consuming.  Or complicated. In fact, it can be as easy as three ingredients, a few spices …

 

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… and a can of sauce.  Though, I used my cooked-from-scratch sauce that I made in a big batch and froze in mason jars.  But you can use a jar sauce for your very own baked ziti …

 

 

Easy Baked Ziti Recipe

 

Ingredients

1 package Ziti pasta (1 pound)

15 oz. Ricotta cheese

2 cups shredded mozzarella

3-4 cups red sauce

garlic powder

oregano

salt

pepper

 

Directions

Cook pasta according to package directions.  Drain.

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While pasta is cooking, mix together Ricotta cheese, 1 cup of shredded mozzarella and spices (to taste).

 

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Spread layer of sauce in bottom of pan.

 

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Add layer of pasta.

 

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Add large tablespoons of cheese mixture.

 

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Add sauce.

 

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And repeat.

 

Top it all off with layer  of shredded mozzarella.

 

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Cover with tin foil and bake at 350 for 20-minutes.  Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

 

Then serve …

 

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With a smile.

 

Because you just fulfilled one of your many back-to-school resolutions!

 

Okay, maybe you didn’t.  But I did …  Smile

 

Linda signature-orange_thumb

 

 

 

 

 

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