Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Baked Ziti with Chicken

Surprise... another pasta dish. Well, why not. Pasta is my family's go to meal. It is liked by all five of us, very filling and usually pretty inexpensive to make. I saw a recipe for a creamy chicken and pasta casserole. My mouth began to salivate. Is there anything more comforting and satisfying than a rich, thick creamy sauce blanketing a dish of warm pasta? So, I am a fan of cream sauces with pastas, but I know too well how unhealthy heavy cream sauces can be. I tried to think of an alternative - mix half of the original amount of the cream sauce with a tomato-based marinara sauce. Here is what I came up for my Baked Ziti with Chicken pasta.

Baked Ziti
1 box of ziti pasta
10 oz. alfredo sauce
15 oz. marinara sauce (I used the kind with basil already in it)
1/2 tsp. garlic
1 small yellow onion
1/2 C. mozzarella cheese
1/2 C. parmesan cheese
2-3 chicken breast
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat over to 375 degrees. Place chicken on baking sheet, sprinkling with Italian seasoning and salt or pepper to your liking. Bake chicken breast for about 30 minutes or until not pink. Next, boil water and cook pasta to the ingredients on package. Then, saute onions and garlic for about five minutes. When pasta is fully cooked, mix pasta with cooked chicken, onions, garlic, alfredo sauce, marinara sauce and both cheeses. Then place in oven for about 10 - 15 minutes until it becomes bubbly and beautiful.

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