Easy Baked Ziti

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 16 ounces whole grain pasta
• olive oil
• 15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese
• 8 ounces grated part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 2 (15 ounce) cans prepared tomato sauce (or less depending on your taste)
• grated parmesan cheese
• garlic powder
• frozen chopped spinach, defrosted (optional)

Recipe

• 1 boil water according package directions. add pasta and olive oil to boiling water. cook pasta till al-dente, drain.
• 2 combine ricotta with with spinach and sprinkle with parmesan and garlic powder.
• 3 pour pasta into lasagna size baking pan. combine most of mozzarella with pasta, reserving a small amount of mozzarella for top. mix in ricotta mixture. spread tomato sauce over the top and mix in slightly, leaving some around the edges and top. sprinkle remaining mozzarella on top.
• 4 bake at about 375 for 30 minutes till bubbly.