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Gluten Free No Boil Baked Ziti

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 jar 1 lb. 8 oz. spaghetti sauce (I used Prego)
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 container 15 oz. ricotta cheese (I used Daisy cottage cheese)
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese about 8 oz., separated
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 8 ounces uncooked gluten-free penne
  • 1 small onion chopped (optional)
  • 1 small greed pepper chopped (optional)
  • 4 oz mushrooms chopped

Note!

  • The original recipe is meatless. If you want to use ground beef or sausage use 1 1/2 pounds ground meat and reduce the cottage cheese to one cup, and the parmesan to 2 tbsp. Increase the pasta to 12 oz, and the water to 2 cups. Use 1 cup of mozzarella instead of 2.

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400°.
  • If I'm using meat, I brown the ground beef in the pot first. While that is cooking, I chop onions, peppers, mushrooms and/ or any other vegetables I feel like adding.
  • When the beef is fully browned, I remove it from the pan, leaving behind the fat. I then saute the vegetables in the meat fat and juices, until onions are soft and transparent. I'm guessing 5 minutes.
  • When all of the vegetables are cooked, I return the meat to the pan and add the dry pasta. Stir the pasta to evenly coat it in any remaining oil in the pan.
  • Next, add the jar of spaghetti sauce. Because I'm incredibly frugal, I then add one cup of water to the empty jar to get all the last bits of tomato-y goodness out of of it. Waste not, want not, right? Add the rest of the water and stir together.
  • Add the cottage (or ricotta) cheese and Parmesan cheese and stir together. Place the lid on the pot and put the whole gluten free no boil baked ziti in the oven. If you don't own a cast-iron pot/ dutch oven, you can use a 9x13 dish and cover it with foil
  • Bake for 55 minutes.  Remove the gluten free no boil baked ziti from the oven and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake, uncovered, for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let set for 10 minutes before serving.
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