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5 Cheese Baked Ziti Pasta Recipe with Homestyle Sauce

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5 Cheese Baked Ziti Pasta Recipe with Homestyle Sauce

At our house, we are huge fans of pasta.  It’s by far our favorite kind of food, everyone loves it and eats it so well.  The best part about pasta is that there is so many varieties so my family doesn’t just get sick and bored of one dish.  And I love of times I can take one dish and change it up a little bit and it’s like a whole new meal that I know my family will love!  Our favorite kind of sauce is definitely the traditional spaghetti sauce so when I found out that Ragu came out with a new line of Homestyle sauces, I was super excited about trying them out! They are thicker and heartier and they taste like homemade sauce! The taste and the texture of it brought me back to when I was growing up and the homemade sauce that my mom made for spaghetti, it was so good!  I picked up a bottle of the new sauce and made a 5 cheese baked ziti with it and it was sooooo good.  My whole family loved it and it was so easy to make!  We will definitely be making this dish lots!

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5 Cheese Baked Ziti

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword baked ziti
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 8 people

Ingredients

  • 1 bottle Ragu Homestyle Sauce any flavor
  • 1 package ziti noodles
  • 1 cup Italian cheese blend
  • 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
  • 2/3 small container cottage cheese
  • 2/3 small container ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 tbsp parsley
  • 1/2 tbsp basil
  • 1/2 tbsp oregano
  • 1/2 tbsp Italian seasoning
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta according to instructions on packaging. 

  2. Mix all ingredients, expect mozzarella cheese, into a large bowl. 

  3. Put a layer of Ragu sauce onto the bottom of a 9x13 pan. 

  4. Add 1/2 of the noodles and then add the cheese mixture onto the noodles.  Add the rest of the noodles onto the cheese. 

  5. Add the rest of the Ragu sauce and mozzarella cheese top of the noodles. 

  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 

Here are all of the ingredients mixed together.
Put a layer of sauce onto the bottom of a casserole dish.  Add 1/2 of cooked noodles. Add all of the cheese mixture onto the noodles.  Then add the rest noodles.  Add the sauce onto the top and then sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese.
And that’s it!  It’s super easy to make and oh so yummy!!  Add some cheesy garlic bread or homemade bread sticks and it makes for a great meal.
The new  Ragu Homestyle sauce is amazing and tastes soooo good.  I am going to be going back to the store and stocking up on it!
Make sure you check out Ragu’s website for recipes and inspiration!

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