What a great way to start the week! This morning my whole family woke up and headed to a local park for our annual church Labor Day Breakfast. It is always lots of fun getting to visit with our friends, have breakfast and then play various sports afterward. This year we tried something new. We met an hour earlier than normal and had a 5K walk/run. There was a great turnout! I was very excited to see so many people ready to go. Kids, strollers, teens, adults, it was great! It felt good to be running with so many friends and neighbors.
Last night I tried a new recipe and I think it was a hit! I got this one from the Weight Watchers website. The only change I made was using ground turkey instead of ground beef. It was really good and my husband even said he would eat it as left overs. That is almost a miracle! I supplemented with wheat yeast rolls from the freezer. *wink, wink* It took about 20 minutes to cook the noodles and ground turkey and then it cooked in the oven for 30 minutes.
Baked Ziti- 12 oz uncooked ziti
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 medium garlic clove(s), minced
- 1/3 pound raw lean ground beef (I used ground turkey)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- 1/2 tsp table salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 28 oz canned crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat; add garlic and sauté 2 minutes. Add beef and cook until browned, breaking up meat with a spoon as it cooks, about 3 to 5 minutes; drain off any fat and set pan back over medium heat.
- Add oregano, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper; stir to coat beef. Cook until herbs become fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Spoon a small amount of beef-tomato mixture into bottom of a 4-quart casserole dish (just enough to cover surface); top with half of cooked ziti. Next, layer with half of remaining beef-tomato sauce and half of mozzarella cheese. Layer with remaining ziti and then top with remaining beef-tomato sauce; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake until cheese is golden and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
- Slice into 8 pieces and serve. Yields 1 piece per serving.
I don't know the nutrition info, but it is 5 points on Weight Watchers, whatever that means.
2 comments:
Yum, this is definitely something my family would eat. And I still want to make the french bread, just haven't had the time! We tried the oven crisped chicken, it was really good and everybody liked it! We also tried the grilled pizza....it tasted good but the dough was a bit of a mess-- it turned out really sticky and was hard to work with. But I loved the flavor of it cooked on the grill. I'll have to try it again.
Just try adding more flour to the dough so that it is not sticky. I'm glad you liked it. I had the ziti leftovers last night and I think it tasted even better the second time.
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