Pronto Pasta Bake

Since I have been married I have been involved with Pampered Chef in one way or another. I love their products and I love a lot of their recipes. Some you can't find anymore but I do have quite a few of my favorites. This is one of them. I love it one, because it is meatless and it is nice to have a meatless dish once in a while and two, it tastes really good and it has yummy stuff in it. Go ahead, try it and you will see. I also usually serve this with my french bread and garlic butter which is in one of my previous posts. If you love it, comment. I would love to see if people actually make the stuff I post. :) I haven't made this in a while and so I think I am going to plan on it soon. lol

Pronto Pasta Bake

Ingredients

• 12 ounces rotini pasta, uncooked
• 2 medium zucchini, coarsely chopped (about 2 cups)
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed
• 48 ounces spaghetti sauce
• 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
• 1/2 cup fresh Parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Cook pasta according to the package directions and drain.
3. Chop zucchini.
4. Press garlic into 2-quart Bowl.
5. Add zucchini, spaghetti sauce, and basil.
6. Grate Parmesan cheese with small holed Grater.
7. In a 9x13" Baker, layer one-third of the spaghetti sauce mixture, half of the pasta, one-third of the spaghetti sauce mixture and half of each of the cheeses.
8. Repeat layers with the remaining pasta, sauce, and cheeses and cover with aluminum foil.
9. Bake 45 Minutes.
10. Uncover, continue baking 5 minutes.
11. Serve with roasted garlic bread, if desired.

Cook's Tips: Casserole may be prepared ahead, covered and refrigerated overnight. Bake as directed except increase the covered baking time to 1 hour.

For a 6-serving recipe, reduce rotini to 8 ounces, zucchini to 1 1/3 cups, garlic to 1 clove, spaghetti sauce to 28 oz, basil to 3/4 tsp, grated Parmesan cheese to 1/4 cup and mozzarella cheese to 1 cup. Assemble casserole as directed. Place in 9" Square Baker. Bake, covered, 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking 5 minutes.