Recipe: Easy Baked Ziti
For 4 Persons
Category: None
1/2 lb Ziti
1/2 lb Gimme Lean (probably
-reconstituted TVP or
-Harvest Crumbles would
-also work)
1 sm Onion, chopped
1 Garlic clove, minced
1/2 cn (35 ounce) Italian peeled
-tomatoes, with juice
1/2 c Tomato sauce
1/2 cn (6 ounce) tomato paste
1 ts Oregano
1 ts Basil
1/4 ts Crushed red pepper flakes
1 c Fat free ricotta cheese
3/4 c Shredded fat free mozzarella
1/4 c Grated Parmesan cheese
-(optional)
This is modified from recipe #143 of "365 Ways to Cook Hamburger" by Rick
Rodgers, published by HarperCollins.
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large pot of boilign salted water, cook
ziti until barely tender, about 8 minutes. Drain well and return to empty
pot.
2. In a non-stick skillet, "brown" gimme lean, onion, and garlic over
medium heat, breaking up lumps, for about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes with
juice, tomato sauce, tomato paste, oregano, basil, and pepper; break up
tomatoes with a spoon. Bring to simmer.
3. Pour tomatoes over ziti in pot. Add ricotta and stir to mix. Pour half
of ziti mixture into a very lightly oiled 1.5 quart casserole. Sprinkle on
1/2 of mozzarella. Pour in remaining ziti and sprinkle remaining
mozzarella and optional Parmesan over top. Bake, uncovered, about 35
minutes, or until casserole is bubbling and cheese is melted.
Posted to fatfree digest V96 #297
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 01:45:37 -0500
From: KimAllen@aol.com
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