Mama Mia Baked Ziti
2 lbs sweet italian sausage
1 pkg baby bella mushrooms
1 lg white onion
2 jars of marinara sauce
1 lg ricotta cheese
1 box of noodles (ziti, rigatoni, shells, etc.)
1 Tblsp minced garlic
Dash of salt
Dash of pepper
1 Tblsp oregano
1 Tblsp rosemary
1 Tblsp fennel seeds
1 tsp thyme
2 pkgs shredded Italian cheese mix
Half dozen or so basil leaves
Half dozen or so baby spinach leaves.
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Brown sausage in a skillet. Add chopped onion and mushrooms and continue cooking.
Stir in garlic, salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, rosemary, fennel seeds.
Once sausage is browned, turn heat off skillet.
Bring salted water to boil in a seperate pot and place noodles in boiling water and cook noodles for 8 mins.
Drain noodles.
Place some marinara sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan.
Layer ingredients in lasagna pan: maranara sauce, sausage mixture, noodles, maranara sauce, sausage mixture, noodles, ricotta cheese, maranara sauce, spinach and basil leaves, covered with Italian cheese blend. (If you have grated Parmesan cheese, add it last to the top).
Place in a 400°F preheated oven and cook for 20 mins.
Remove and allow to cool a few mins before scooping out and serving.
Garnish with a basil leaf and serve with garlic bread.
2 lbs sweet italian sausage
1 pkg baby bella mushrooms
1 lg white onion
2 jars of marinara sauce
1 lg ricotta cheese
1 box of noodles (ziti, rigatoni, shells, etc.)
1 Tblsp minced garlic
Dash of salt
Dash of pepper
1 Tblsp oregano
1 Tblsp rosemary
1 Tblsp fennel seeds
1 tsp thyme
2 pkgs shredded Italian cheese mix
Half dozen or so basil leaves
Half dozen or so baby spinach leaves.
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Brown sausage in a skillet. Add chopped onion and mushrooms and continue cooking.
Stir in garlic, salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, rosemary, fennel seeds.
Once sausage is browned, turn heat off skillet.
Bring salted water to boil in a seperate pot and place noodles in boiling water and cook noodles for 8 mins.
Drain noodles.
Place some marinara sauce in the bottom of a lasagna pan.
Layer ingredients in lasagna pan: maranara sauce, sausage mixture, noodles, maranara sauce, sausage mixture, noodles, ricotta cheese, maranara sauce, spinach and basil leaves, covered with Italian cheese blend. (If you have grated Parmesan cheese, add it last to the top).
Place in a 400°F preheated oven and cook for 20 mins.
Remove and allow to cool a few mins before scooping out and serving.
Garnish with a basil leaf and serve with garlic bread.
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