Baked Ziti Lasagna

By Cdreamgirl

Ingredients

• NGREDIENTS:
• 1 lb. rigatoni pasta {or ziti}
• for the sauce:
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small zucchini, diced
• 1/2 lb. ground turkey {I used 99% fat free}
• 28 oz. jarred marinara + 1 cup water to wash out jar
• 1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 bay leaf
• salt & pepper, to taste
• for the cheese layer:
• 2 cups low fat cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic seasoning salt, such as Lawry's
• salt & pepper, to taste
• 1/2 lb. fresh mozzarella, sliced thin

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 70mins
Adapted from laurenslatest.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions:

Bring large pot of salted water to boil. Cook pasta 1-2 minutes shy of al dente and drain. Set aside.

Place hot pot over medium heat and sauté onions, garlic and zucchini in olive oil for 3 minutes or until they start to get tender. Add in ground turkey and break apart to brown. Once turkey meat is completely cooked, add in remaining sauce ingredients, adjusting seasonings as you like. Bring to boil, then reduce to simmer and cook 15 minutes. *Add in splashes of water as needed. You don't want this to get too terribly thick.

While sauce is cooking, stir all ingredients for the cheese layer together in a large bowl. Set aside.

Remove bay leaf from sauce. Stir in pasta and toss to coat. Spoon half pasta and sauce into the bottom of a lightly greased 9x13 glass baking dish. Spread entire cheese layer over hot pasta and top with half the sliced mozzarella. Pour over remaining pasta and top with last few slices of mozzarella.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and sit 10 minutes before serving.