Recipe - Baked Ziti With Meat

1 pound Ground hamburger
Or
1 pound Italian sausage
2 tablespoon Extra Virgin olive oil
1 md Pepper green
1 md Pepper red
1 tablespoon Garlic clove minced
16 ounce Tomato canned
One fourth cup Wine table, red
8 ounce Tomato Sauce, canned
3 md Onions
1 teaspoon Basil
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Pepper
One fourth tablespoon Oregano
One half cup Ricotta Chs skim milk
One fourth cup Parmesan grated
One half pound Spinach fresh
One half cup Frozen corn
8 ounce Ziti
One fourth pound Mushrooms fresh

Coarsely chop the onion, red and green peppers. Clean stem and fine chop
the spinach. Chop mushrooms. Cook ziti and drain. Heat 1 tbs of oil over
medium heat saute the peppers about 5 minutes remove peppers with slotted
spoon and set aside. Put in the rest of the oil and saute onions about 3
minutes. Add the hamburger or suasage and brown stirring to break up the
meat. Add garlic and mushrooms and saute 2 more minutes. Drain the excess
fat and grease. Break up the tomatoes with fork and add with the tomato
sauce, wine, basil, salt, black pepper, and oregano. Bring to boil. Lower
heat and cook uncovered about 20 minutes. Add spinach and corn cooking
until spinach wilts. Preheat oven 375 degrees. Coat 2 One half quart casserole
dish with oil spray. Combine ziti, tomato mixture, ricotta, and 2/3rds of
peppers in large bowl then spoon into casserole dish. Sprinkle evenly with
parmesan. Bake 25 minutes and garnish with rest of peppers after removal.
Can substitute chopped brocolli for the fresh spinach, we like it better.
(use a 10 ounce frozen package to make faster)

Source: The Vegetarian Times Magazine with meat added for flavor
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V5 #019 by Hank & Anne Reintges
hgreintges@SkyBest.Com on Jan 19, 1998