Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2007

I followed the recipe but found that 1 lb. of pasta was way too much. I will use less next time. UPDATE: To simplify things, I brown the sausage with the onion, drain, then just add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and sauce to the sausage mixture...why dirty another pot?

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erz2002

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Home Town: Dover, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2006

I absolutely love this recipe. I have made it several times for my boyfriend and he can't get enough. The first time I made it with the hot and spicey italian sausage. Im not a sausage fan so the next time I made it with half sausage half ground beef. It turned out great!

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Nicole

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2006

Although a little dry, we very much like the flavors in this ziti.

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Katey Magill

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2006

This was good but not great.

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Emily

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2006

I used tomato and basil pasta sauce, doubled the amount, used more mushrooms and doubled mozzarella cheese and meat (used turkey breakfast sausage - all I had). I also did not do layers but mix it all together. It was pretty good, easy to fix.

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Zuzana

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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2006

This was a very good recipe with a few variations. Instead of layering, I just threw it all together, even the mozzarella cheese. I did put the parm. cheese on top though. 45 minutes is a little too long to cook because the ziti got crunchy. 30 minutes should do it. Oh...I also used hot sausage (ouch). Next time I'll use sweet or half ground beef/half sweet sausage. A good recipe though. Thank you, George.

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Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2006

This needs about 25% less pasta and then double the sauce and cheese.I also added a pinch of sugar to the sauce and used fresh mushrooms. I used real garlic also. I only cooked this for 30 minutes which was more than enough. Good recipe overall.

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Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2006

This was delicious but I missed the fennel flavour that is present in the traditional recipe. I used fennel seed to compensate. I omitted the canned mushrooms and used fresh eggplant instead. To save time, I used pre-packaged grated "Italian blend" cheese instead of pure mozzarella.

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ACPyrus

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Home Town: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2006

This was really good...It is my favorite Baked Ziti recipe from this site. Although, I ran out of sauce and had to use some pre-made sauce in addition to what the recipe called for. Next time I would half the recipe, but keep the sauce the same. We enjoyed this, but it made so much we will be eating it for days!

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happywife05

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Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2006

Great recipe. Rather than make one big casserole I made 8 smaller using oven/micro dishes. Quick meals already made.- Definitely will do again.

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kayakinnan

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Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2006

I made this last night for dinner - awesome! I ended up adding fresh sliced mushrooms to the sausage mixture instead of using canned mushrooms, but it was still delicious! Relatively easy, a few too many dirty pans for my preference, but it was worth it. My picky toddler loved it! Thank you for the recipe!

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RachtheBach

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Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2006

Very Good! I cheated and used jar spaghetti sauce instead, and added the diced tomatoes with onions and garlic and added some extra garlic (fresh). My husband had 2nds, and my son enjoyed it. (He'll eat anything with pasta! Thanks for a great recipe!!

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Home Town: Frackville, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 5, 2006

I loved the sauce! Will definitely make this again. I didn't have celery but otherwise followed the recipe exactly.

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Reviewed: Jun. 26, 2006

first time i made baked ziti and it was amazing ... my husband ate 3 servings of it ... he never eats 3 servings of anything i make. highly recommend it .

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michelle

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Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2006

This was Excellent!!! I altered the recipe a little by using jar sauce instead of using the cans of tomatoes, and I used fresh garlic, but it was really great! We enjoyed it a lot!

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Nicole

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Reviewed: Jun. 12, 2006

yum, a nice pasta casserole, just what my hot sausage needed! i followed the suggestion from other reviewers about adding an extra cup of tomato sauce to this recipe. i also sauteed & stirred in a healthy teaspoon of real chopped garlic instead of using the powdered form. this dish makes a tasty leftover too. thanks george!

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LESLIE30

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Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2006

This recipie is okay. Would use more sauce and cut the bake time in half since the pasta came out crunchy. Next time I will use bottled spaghetti sauce.

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Mreichley

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Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2006

Very good! This was part of our Thanksgiving menu last year. Great with fresh baked italian bread and a green salad. Thanks!

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LEXIANDJACK

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2006

End result wasn't terrible, but the sausage was so overpowering I couldn't taste anything but. Won't make again.

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Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2006

This was great. I used Hot Italian sausage, I didn't have Ziti so I used Penne I also used fresh mushrooms instead of canned. This was a warm and cozy Italian dinner, add a salad and some garlic bread and it's perfect. My husband couldn't stop telling me how good it was. Thanks for the recipe.

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