Baked Veggie Penne

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (375 g) box whole wheat penne
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 1/4 cups marinara sauce (separated)
• 1 yellow zucchini
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1/2 onion
• 3 garlic cloves (pressed and separated)
• 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1/4 cup pre-shredded mozzarella cheese
• ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 350. (i like to do this once the vegetables have been sauteed.).
• 2 cut bell peppers and zucchini into bite sized chunks. dice onion and press 2 cloves of garlic. toss together in a medium bowl with 2 tbls olive oil and some ground black pepper.
• 3 in a medium frying pan heat 2 tbls olive oil and sauté mixed vegetables for about 5 minutes. set aside.
• 4 in a large pot cook the box of penne in salted water, according to package directions. once cooked let stand for about 5 minutes.
• 5 while the pasta is cooking, in a large bowl, mix together ricotta, dried basil, 1 clove of pressed garlic, and 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce.
• 6 while pasta is set aside, add veggies to ricotta mixture.
• 7 once pasta has cooled slightly add to ricotta and veggie mixture.
• 8 coat the bottom of a 7x11 baking dish with 3/4 cup marinara sauce and pour pasta mixture on top. top it of with shredded mozzarella cheese.
• 9 bake on the middle rack for 30 minutes.