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Baked Ziti

September 15, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 5 Comments

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Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Pasta Recipes Tagged With: spaghetti squash

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  1. Melissa says

    April 22, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    I like this recipe and tried it two nights ago when I first found your blog… in my family we’re not as big of fans of cream sauces so I did a combination of the traditional tomato sauce, mixing the ziti all up in that, and then pouring the creamy sauce over the top of the tomato ziti. It came out WAY more moist than my baked ziti normally does. Thanks for the recipe!!

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  2. Carmie says

    June 11, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Thanks for the recipe! We also added hamburger with onion, garlic, and italian seasoning, which was very yummy!

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  3. darcy says

    July 24, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    We loved this…. added a dash of grated nutmeg to the sauce. Also added about 1 lb. of seasoned ground beef (used onion & garlic powder, s/p, italian seasoning, and once browned added 8 oz. tomato sauce then drained. Put white sauce with noodles, then added beef – mixed and put in casserole dish and topped with cheeses – mozzarella blended with parmesan romano (few Tbsp) and 2 tsp italian seasoning. Was so delicious. Only added about 2.50 to the cost and stretches the meal to serve more or for left overs. Such delicious flavor…Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂 Love this site!

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  4. Heather says

    December 28, 2010 at 1:08 am

    I just made this recipe today! The white sauce I thought was a bit bland, but nothing some garlic and salt and pepper can’t fix! I got your cookbook for Christmas and am very excited to start using it more!

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