An Italian Family Classic - Baked Ziti

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Ready for the oven



Ready to eat!



I usually like to cook simple, easy and quick meals. Here is a very good meatless Baked Ziti with just a few ingredients. Pair it with garlic bread and a side salad and you've got a delicious weekday dinner.

Better Baked Ziti

Recipe by Art Ginsburg Mr. Food Cooks Pasta

1/2 pound ziti

15 oz ricotta cheese

3 cups (12 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided

3 cups spaghetti sauce, divided (I really like Gia Russo but use your favorite jarred sauce)

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the ziti until just barely tender; drain and place in a large bowl. Mix the ricotta cheese and half of the mozzarella cheese with the ziti. Grease a 9 x 13 baking pan; cover the bottom of pan with half the spaghetti sauce. Spoon the ziti mixture into the pan; cover with the remaining spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and top with the remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until cheese melts and is lightly golden.

Mom's Cooking Club Lesson: use part-skim ricotta & part-skim mozzarella cheese to lighten it up some

Enjoy!