Mr. Food: Better Baked Ziti

Mr. Food

Serves: 8

Ingredients
  • 1/2 pound ziti
  • 1 (15-ounce) container ricotta cheese
  • 3 cups (12 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 3 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook ziti until just barely tender; drain and place in a large bowl.
     
  2. Mix ricotta cheese and half the mozzarella cheese with the ziti. Coat a 9" x 13" baking pan with nonstick cooking spray; cover bottom of pan with half the spaghetti sauce. Spoon ziti mixture into pan; cover with remaining spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
     
  3. Bake 20 to 30 minutes, or until cheese melts and is light golden.
Note

I especially like the hearty-style prepared spaghetti sauces with this, and when I don't have ziti on hand, I simply substitute other shapes.

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