Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Baked Ziti, Summer Veggies and Sausage

So I have been really bad about not updating this thing.  So I am updating with a few new recipes (Sorry, don't have pictures for them, but will add links to where I found the original recipe).

Baked Ziti and Summer Veggies

Ingredients:

6 oz uncooked ziti

1 Tbsp olive oil

2 cups chopped yellow squash

1 cup chopped zucchini

1/2 cup chopped onion (I omitted this as we are not onion eaters)

2 cups chopped tomato

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided

2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil (I used 1 Tbsp dried basil)

2 tsp chopped fresh oregano (1 tsp dried oregano)

3/4 tsp salt, divided

1/8 tsp crushed red pepper (although I think you could use a little more if you like spice)

1/4 cup ricotta cheese

1 large egg, lightly beaten

5 oz mild to spicy (depending on how spicy you want the dish) turkey sausage or regular sausage (to save time I used Jimmy Dean fully cooked sausage crumbles)

Cooking Spray

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Coat baking dish with cooking spray.

Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt.  Drain.

While pasta is cooking, heat large skillet over med-high heat and add oil.  Add squash, zucchini and onion and saute 5 mins.  Add tomato and garlic and saute for 3 mins.  Remove from heat, stir in cooked pasta, 1/2 cup mozzarella, herbs, 1/2 tsp salt, crushed red pepper and sausage.

Combine ricotta, 1/4 tsp salt and egg.  Stir into pasta mixture.  Spoon into baking dish coated with cooking spray and sprinkle with 1/2 cup mozzarella.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15 mins.

This was an excellent dish and one I will most definitely make again.

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