Baked Ziti Recipe

Nailah Herbert
Mar 17, 2018
2 min read

Baked Ziti Recipe by Nailah Heard

New recipe alert! I made Baked Ziti last weekend and omg, it was delicious! Being a college student on a budget you have to plan your meals ahead. I wanted this meal to last over 4 days so I made enough for 6-8 servings and yes, it lasted! Follow my step by step guide below to achieve the same results!

Ingredients:

Olive oil

Ziti (Brand: Great Value, 2 -16oz boxes)

2 lbs Ground beef

1 link, Turkey sausage

Yellow onion

Garlic clove

Curly parsley

Red, orange, and yellow bell pepper

Mozzarella cheese (shredded)

Parmesan cheese (shredded)

Ricotta cheese

Bertolli Five cheese (48 oz)

Prego harvest garden, onion, garlic, tomato (45 oz)

Black pepper

Salt

Cayenne pepper

Garlic powder

Onion powder

Sugar

Baked Ziti instructions (15 steps):

1. Dice all vegetables (yellow, orange, red bell pepper, onion, garlic, finely chop curly parsley.) Set diced and chopped vegetables to the side

2. Boil big pot of water, add 2 tbsp of salt and 2 tbsp of olive oil

3. When the water is boiling add, the pasta, Ziti. Stir for 15 min until al dente.

4. Cook ground beef on medium heat for 20-25 min, drain fat. Add 1 tbsp of each seasoning (Black pepper, Salt, Cayenne pepper, Garlic powder, Onion powder)

5. Thinly slice the turkey sausage link, add 1 tbsp of olive oil to pan. Cook turkey sausage on medium heat for 15-20 min

6. (Once the fat from the ground beef is drained) Transfer turkey sausage to the ground beef pan. Stir ground beef and turkey sausage together

7. In the turkey sausage pan, (there should be no turkey sausage in this pan because we added it to the ground beef) add 1 tbsp of olive oil. Next, Sauté all of the vegetables on medium high heat for 15-20 min

8. Add all prego sauces to one big pot. Set temperature on medium high heat. Next, add the Parmesan and 1/4 cup of sugar. Cook until cheese is melted 15-20 min *Add a little cayenne pepper to the sauce to spice it up