Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Baked Ziti

1 lb of Rigatoni pasta
1 lb ground meat (hamburger)
1 lb Italian sausage
26oz size of Prego pasta sauce (any one you like)
1 package of fresh spinach
1/4 cup of chopped garlic or 6 cloves
2 cups of sliced mushrooms
1 cup of parmesan cheese
16 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
Salt and pepper to your taste

Boil the pasta in boiling water. Follow direction from the package.
Cook the sausage till done. Once cooked place on paper towel to drain some of the fat. Cook the meat season with salt, pepper, and garlic. Remove from pan into a large bowl.

Cook the mushrooms in the pan from the meat. Cook until tender about 10 minutes.
Combine the sausage, meat, mushrooms, parmesan cheese, and spinach and mix well.
Pour half of the pasta in a 13 x 19 greased (sprayed with Pam makes cleaning a lot easier). Top this first layer with half of the mozzarella cheese. Pour the remaining pasta on top and repeat with the mozzarella cheese.

Cover with aluminum foil. A tip: if you sprayed the side over the pasta with Pam you won’t have the cheese sticking to the foil when pulling it off. Bake for 30 minutes or until it’s bubbling. Let it rest for 10 minutes before serving.

Serving for 8

No comments:

Post a Comment