I will post these recipes as my family eats them :) One is already on here, but will post in a separate category.
The 1st of the 8 is actually the Baked Ziti that I made. I had recently seen this recipe on Six Sisters Stuff and it was voted their favorite freezer meal! This meal lasts for 30 days in the freezer.
It makes 2 8x8 baking dishes. You can make one to eat and one to freeze if you are making for yourself. Big group coming over, no problem, pour entire recipe into a 9x13 baking dish and watch it fill to the top.
Sorry for the picture. We all dug in and I forgot to get a good picture. This corner was all that was leftover after my hubby, MIL, FIL, my son and myself attacked it.
Ingredients:
1 lb. dry ziti pasta (or any kind that you prefer)
1 onion, chopped
1 lb. lean ground beef
2 (26 oz.) jars spaghetti sauce
8 slices provolone cheese
1-1/2 cups sour cream
6 oz. Mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese; grated
What To Do:
- Bring a large pot of slightly salted water to a boil and then cook pasta about 7-8 minutes or until almost done (pasta will continue cooking in the oven)
- In a large skillet, add onion and ground beef. Cook until beef is done
- Add spaghetti sauce and any other seasonings you would like at this point. Let simmer for about 15 minutes
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Spray 2 8x8 baking dishes with cooking spray (9x13 if you want to make one great big dish)
- Layer each pan as follows:
- 1/4 of the ziti
- 1/4 of the sauce
- 4 slices of Provolone cheese
- 1/2 of the sour cream (3/4 cups)
- 1/4 of the ziti
- 1/4 of the Mozzarella cheese (1.5 oz.)
- 1/4 of the sauce
- Top with 1 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese and the other 1/4 of the Mozzarella
**When you bake the pasta, it is best to put dish on top of a cookie sheet because it might overflow a little when it cooks
BAKING RIGHT AWAY:
- Bake covered for 30 minutes
FREEZER:
- Thaw in the refrigerator for 24 hours and then bake covered for 30 minutes
- If you bake straight from freezer, cook for 90 minutes-2 hours
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