Easy Baked Ziti

• servings: 8 servings
• total time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

1 pound Italian sausage

1 small onion (diced)

28 ounces pasta sauce (or marinara sauce)

14 ounces diced tomatoes (undrained)

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

½ cup water

16 ounces ziti

15 ounces ricotta cheese

2 tablespoons fresh parsley

1 egg

2 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)

¼ cup Parmesan cheese (shredded)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F

Brown ground sausage and onion breaking up until the sausage is fairly fine. Drain any fat.

Add in Italian seasoning, water, tomatoes and pasta sauce. Simmer 10-15 minutes or until thickened.

Meanwhile, boil ziti in salted water until al dente. Drain and rinse.

In a small bowl, mix ricotta, egg, parsley, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese.

Add a thin layer (about 1 cup) of sauce to the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Layer half of the ziti, top with all of the ricotta mixture, and half of the sauce.

Add remaining ziti, remaining sauce, and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden and bubbly.

Nutrition

• Calories: 598 kcal
• Total Fat: 27 g
• Saturated Fat: 11 g
• Cholesterol: 97 mg
• Sodium: 1257 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 54 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4 g
• Total Sugars: 8 g
• Protein: 34 g