Mama's Amazing Ziti

Colleen: "I didn't have a dutch oven, so I just used a good old sauce pot & lid, it seemed to turn out alright. This recipe was o.k., I don't think I will make it again though. I didn't enjoy the carrots, I know they were supposed to seem hidden but it seemed to be all that I could taste. What I did enjoy was throwing the ziti in the pan and just letting it go, not to mention I am a huge fan of one pot dinners."

ingredients

• 1
  pound 95%-lean ground beef
• 2
  cups shredded carrot
• 2
  10 3/4 ounce cans reduced-fat and reduced-sodium condensed tomato soup
• 2 1/2
  cups water
• 8
  ounces dried cut ziti pasta (about 2 1/2 cups)
• 2
  tablespoons snipped fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed
• 1
  teaspoon onion powder
• 1
  teaspoon garlic powder
• 1
  cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (4 ounces)
• 1/4
  cup shredded Parmesan cheese (1 ounce)

directions

1.In a 4-quart Dutch oven, cook ground beef and shredded carrot over medium heat until meat is brown. Drain off fat. Stir tomato soup, the water, uncooked ziti, dried basil (if using), onion powder, and garlic powder into meat mixture in Dutch oven.

2.Bring mixture to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and cook about 25 minutes or until ziti is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in fresh basil (if using) and mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle individual servings with Parmesan cheese.

nutrition facts (Mama's Amazing Ziti)

• Servings Per Recipe 6,
 
• Calories 420,
 
• Protein (gm) 32,
 
• Carbohydrate (gm) 49,
 
• Fat, total (gm) 11,
 
• Cholesterol (mg) 73,
 
• Saturated fat (gm) 4,
 
• Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 2,
 
• Sodium (mg) 649,
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet