This dish is made using my homemade tomato sauce. It incorporates mozzarella (shredded and fresh), Parmesan (grated and shaved) and Colby-jack (shredded) all in one casserole. It feeds a lot of people and is great leftover!
You'll end up with enough sauce to prepare the baked ziti in this recipe plus an extra couple of cups to freeze for another use. I like having some homemade sauce in the freezer for a busy weeknight. Just thaw and heat, then cook up some pasta ... and you've got a quick dinner!
Of course, you could prepare this baked ziti using a good-quality tomato sauce, but I truly believe that nothing beats a slow-simmered sauce. What I really love about this sauce is that it allows me to sneak in a good dose of veggies without my kids suspecting a thing!
Yields 8 servings.
