Baked Ziti

This is one of our favorite meals.  It's pretty much spaghetti, but better.

Baked Ziti

• One Box Rigatoni Pasta
• One pound ground beef (you can use ground turkey to make it a little more healthy)
• One jar of your favorite pasta sauce (Personally, I like Rinaldi Traditional Sauce)
• Lots of mozzarella cheese (I used almost all of a 16oz bag because I love cheese)

1.  Brown ground beef in a large skillet
2.  Prepare pasta according to directions on box.  I usually leave my noodles al dente since you are going to bake them with all the fixings which will make them cook more, and nobody likes a mushy noodle.
3.  Once noodles are cooked and drained, put them back in the big pot you cooked them in.  Gently stir in Sauce, ground beef, and 3/4 of the cheese so you don't break the noodles
4.  Pour noodle mixture into 9x13 baking dish and top with the remaining cheese
5.  Bake at 375 until the cheese on the top is melted (usually about 10-15 minutes.
6.  *optional*  I usually turn the broiler on for a few minutes to get the cheese on top a little brown and crunchy because I think it makes it even more yummy!

And there you have it!  I usually serve it with salad and some yummy vegetables (our favs are broccoli or zucchini) and it lasts us like 4 meals!  We love leftovers.  It's also nice because you can make it ahead of time and then just pop it in the oven a few minutes before you're ready to eat.