Baked Ziti And Roasted Veggies

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb eggplant, cubed
• 1 large red onion, cubed
• 2 yellow peppers, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 cup onion, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed fennel seed
• 28 ounces canned crushed tomatoes
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package ziti pasta, cooked according to directions on package
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, chopped
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 450f.
• 2 toss eggplant, red onion, peppers, oil and salt in shallow pan.
• 3 roast 30 minutes stirring once or twice until vegetables begin to brown.
• 4 sauce: heat oil in saucepan.
• 5 add onions& cook covered over medium heat 10 min.
• 6 stir in garlic, red pepper and fennel cook 30 seconds.
• 7 add tomatoes salt pepper sugar and thyme.
• 8 bring to boil reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• 9 stirr in parsley.
• 10 makes 3 cups.
• 11 reduce oven heat to 400f.
• 12 toss ziti with vegetables sauce and spinach in bowl.
• 13 spread in shallow 3-quart baking dish.
• 14 sprinkle mozzarella over top.
• 15 bake 20 minutes or until bubbly.