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Baked Ziti ~ Kid-Friendly (and awesome!) www.oneshetwoshe.com

Baked Ziti ~ Kid-Friendly (and awesome!)

Ingredients

  • 4 cups ziti or penne noodles
  • 1 lb hot Italian sausage
  • 3 tsp. minced garlic
  • 1 TBS. minced dry onion
  • 4 - 14.5 oz. cans crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup pesto
  • 3 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 1 1/2 cups Parmesan cheese shredded (divided)

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In a medium saucepan, boil water and cook noodles.
  3. In a separate pan, cook the sausage.
  4. After it's cooked through, add the minced garlic and dry minced onions, cook for 1 minute more.
  5. Add cans of crushed tomatoes and pesto, stir and heat until hot, about 5 minutes.
  6. Drain cooked pasta and dump in large bowl.
  7. Add mozzarella and half of the Parmesan to the hot noodles, stir.
  8. Dump tomato and meat sauce over the noodles and stir to combine.
  9. Dump mixture into sprayed/greased 9x13 baking dish.
  10. Sprinkle the rest of the Parmesan on top.
  11. Bake for about 30 minutes, until cheese melts and heated through.