Italian Sausage Baked Ziti 

I love a good pasta dish! I also love when the recipe is super easy and there is not a lot of prep or cleanup. This Italian Sausage Baked Ziti is delicious and so easy to make. It is also very kid friendly and relatively cheap to feed your family with this. 

The trick to making this a good gluten free dish, is to find a great gluten free pasta. I love the Jovial brand (what I used for this) or Barilla. I have put a picture of both of those below. 

Another wonderful thing about this recipe is that it’s so versatile! If you don’t like Italian Sausage, use ground beef or ground turkey instead. You might just want to add some dried Italian seasoning to your meat while cooking it. Cottage cheese or ricotta cheese would also be good to mix in. The options and variations are endless, so do what your family loves! 

Ingredients 

-1 1/2 to 2 cups gluten free penne pasta cooked Al dente per instructions on box 

-1 24 ounce jar high quality marinara sauce 

-1 pound Italian Sausage, cooked 

-1/2 cup shredded mozzarella 

-1/2 cup shredded Parmesan 

-1 teaspoon dried parsley 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish. Set aside. 
2. Place a large frying pan over medium heat on your stovetop. Add Italian Sausage and cook until browned and done, about 8-10 minutes. 
3. Add marinara sauce to your cooked sausage and stir to combine. Turn stove heat down to low and let simmer while your pasta cooks. 
4. In separate pot, boil your pasta to al dente per box instructions. Drain pasta. 
5. Add cooked and drained pasta to baking dish. Pour marinara and sausage mixture over the pasta. Stir to combine. 
6. Top with mozzarella, Parmesan, and parsley. 
7. Place in oven to bake for 15 to 20 minutes until cheese is melted and it is bubbly around the edges. 
8. Remove from oven and serve immediately. Enjoy!!