Ann's Baked Ziti

My daughter came up for a flying visit tonight to pick up her new roommate. They had dinner with us. She made a pasta for her dad while he was at her house in October. I'm putting it in the family cookbook. It was good. I doubled it since I have three guys at my house that love pasta. We didn't quite finish it, but we are three quarters.

Ann's Baked Ziti

Serves 4

1 lb 94/6 lean ground beef

1 box Ziti pasta

8oz cream cheese

1 jar garlic onion marinara sauce

10oz ricotta cheese

8oz cottage cheese

2Tb Italian Seasoning

1Tb garlic powder

1 Tb parsley

Five-Cheese Blend

1. Cook noodles for eight minutes, or until slightly firm.

2. Mix garlic powder and meat, cook until brown, add half marinara jar, let simmer.

3. Mix ricotta and cottage cheese with parsley and seasoning in separate bowl.

4. Layer noodles, then sauce, then cheese mixture, then meat sauce.

5. Pat cream cheese out, add as a layer.

6. Add remaining sauce and noodles, top with five cheese blend.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.