Healthier Baked Ziti

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 pound ziti pasta
• 1 bunch fresh spinach, or more to taste
• 3/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1 pound italian turkey sausage
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
• 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
• 6 ounces smoked fresh mozzarella cheese, diced
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. cook ziti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. drain and transfer pasta to a bowl and toss with spinach and sour cream.
• heat a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir sausage, onion, carrots, and garlic until onion is translucent and sausage is no longer pink, about 7 minutes. add spaghetti sauce and broccoli to sausage mixture and simmer until sauce mixture is heated through, about 15 minutes.
• layer 1/2 of the ziti mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. spread 1/2 of the fresh mozzarella cheese, 1/2 of the sauce mixture, the remaining ziti mixture, and fresh mozzarella cheese, respectively, into the baking dish. sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese over the dish. cover dish with aluminum foil.
• bake in the preheated oven until cheeses have melted, about 20 minutes. remove the aluminum foil and cook until top is lightly browned, about 10 minutes more.