Baked Ziti With Sweet Turkey Sausage

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Baked Ziti with turkey sausage

Ingredients

• 1 box Ziti noodles
• 1 pound sweet turkey sausage, cut into 1/2 inch thick slices
• 2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes (or one can diced, one can crushed)
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• 2 tsp dried rosemary
• 1 (15 ounce) container regular or skim ricotta cheese
• 4 cups grated mozzarella cheese, reserve 1 cup for topping
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cook pasta, drain and set aside. Meanwhile cook sausage in hot skillet over medium heat until golden brown on all sides. Add tomatoes, thyme and rosemary and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

In a medium bowl combine ricotta, mozzarella cheese and garlic powder and mix well. Spoon 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce unto bottom of baking dish. Top with half of the cooked ziti. Top with 1/2 of cheese mixture. Top with 1 cup of tomato sauce. Repeat layers until all ingredients are gone. Sprinkle remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese over top. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes until cheese is golden brown.