Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Remember when I said I am hopelessly addicted to Italian food?  I wasn’t kidding and this Incredible Baked Ziti doesn’t help matters!  It just so happens, you could serve this pasta dish to me three meals a day and I would be smitten.  What makes it truly awesome is the flavors just continue to develop, so you can serve delicious leftovers with pure gladness! 🙂  Kind of perfect, right?  This recipe is a total keeper.  Try it and see.  You’ll be so glad you did!  I hope your Wednesday was incredible!

Incredible Baked Ziti

Ingredients:

1 pound cooked ziti
1 pound ground meat
28 ounces spaghetti sauce
1/4 cup sour cream
8 ounces cottage cheese
4 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon pepper
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.  Pour a ladle of spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom of the dish.  Layer in half the cooked ziti.

Cook and drain ground meat and add remaining spaghetti sauce.  Return to stove and let simmer.

In a bowl, combine the sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, onion powder, garlic powder and pepper.  Spread over the first layer of ziti.

Layer on the remaining cooked ziti.  Pour spaghetti/meat sauce over top to cover.  Top with mozzarella cheese.

Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.  (If cheese begins to brown before dish is heated through, cover with foil for remainder of baking time.)

(Adapted from sweetandsavoryfood.com – Million Dollar Casserole)

♥Tawnya