Recipe: Appetizing Garden Baked Ziti with Sausage

Garden Baked Ziti with Sausage.

You can have Garden Baked Ziti with Sausage using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Garden Baked Ziti with Sausage

1. You need 1 package of ziti pasta.
2. You need 1 lb of Italian sausage.
3. You need 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
4. You need 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
5. It's 2 cups of mushrooms, diced.
6. Prepare 2 of zucchini, halved, sliced.
7. Prepare 4 handfuls of fresh spinach.
8. Prepare 1 of egg, beaten.
9. It's 32 oz. of Ricotta cheese.
10. Prepare 2 jars of marinara sauce.
11. It's 1.5 lbs of mozzarella cheese.
12. You need 1 cup of shredded parmesan.
13. Prepare of Fresh basil.

Garden Baked Ziti with Sausage instructions

1. Break up and brown sausage in a large skillet pan, drain, set aside, reserved drippings.
2. Add oil to pan and saute veggies adding in order, zucchini, mushrooms and garlic. Until slightly tender. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from pan, set aside..
3. Saute spinach until slightly wilted, set aside with veggies to cool.
4. Boil ziti in salted water 7 mins, drain, set aside.
5. In a large mixing bowl mix egg, ricotta, 1 lb mozzarella, sausage, veggies, pasta, and 1 jar of sauce.
6. Add mix to a large slightly greased casserole dish. Top with pasta sauce, remaining mozzarella, and parmesan.
7. Bake, covered, in a 375 degree oven for about 1 hour, uncovering at the end so the cheese can brown..
8. Garnish with fresh basil.

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