I wanted to do some cooking and pops wanted a ziti, so...

This is a baked ziti dish with zuchini.

So, fairly simple ingredient list:

-Pasta (a tube pasta such as a penne or pennoni) - one pound
-Sauce )
-Zucchini - around a pound should be good
-ricotta cheese
-parmigiano cheese (grated)
mozerella cheese (shredded)

Jarred tomato sauce is fine if you can't make your own/don't have the time to make your own [like me]. I used a tomato sauce with mushrooms. One large jar (26 oz) should be sufficient. It is best to have a second jar/extra made as a just in case.

Cooking:
Cook pasta in lightly salted water with a small amount of Olive Oil. Cook until al dente (meaning: slightly under cooked - firm but softened). When pasta is ready (the only way to tell is to taste, the pasta should feel firm, but have no crispness/hardness any longer), drain and set aside until ready to use.

While cooking pasta, saute the zucchini in a small amount of olive oil until tender but crisp (essentially, al dente for this as well).

Preheat oven to 350F.

When pasta and zucchini are ready, add zucchini and sauce to pasta and toss/mix until pasta is well coated and zucchini is throughout mixture. (This is where the extra sauce may be needed.)

Add to cooking/serving dish:
-add thin (approximately a couple noodles thickness) layer to bottom of dish.
-add cheese - dollop (small sized amounts) ricotta around fairly close (within a few inches of each other), and spread an even layer of mozerella and parmigiano
-repeat until out of noodle/sauce mixture.

Top with liberal amount of cheeses.

Cook in oven until hot and cheese on top is browned and bubbling.


Serves:
Well, if your friends/family is like mine, this won't last long. But it can easily serve several people. (I served four, including myself, and it easily lasted two full meals).


Hope y'all enjoy.