Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2009

Simple, easy, fast meal for a quick dinner. Nothing amazing, but good and basic. The pesto added a nice flavor, but wasn't overpowering. I used whole wheat penne in place of regular ziti (couldn't find whole wheat ziti) as well as a mushroom & pepper tomato sauce to add a few more nutrients. Adding sliced veggies to the sauce would also make this dish more hearty.

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Kendra

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Home Town: Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2009

Boring. Easy. But pretty much boil ziti, put sauce on from jar and add Parmesan cheese... no special zing or flavor.

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Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2009

Deliciously perfect exactly how it is!!!

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lisaxmarie19

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Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2009

This recipe is incredibly easy and healthy. I used Prego sauce and pesto with basil. Yum-o! All my kids (ages 17, 14, and 5) ate seconds. We served it with frozen cheesy garlic bread and had dinner on the table in 30 minutes!

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Courtini

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Reviewed: Oct. 9, 2008

I loved the sauce. I add turkey sausage with casings removed, 1 jar of roasted red peppers, and some scoops of ricotta cheese. Delicious.

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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2008

This is a great quick low calorie pasta dish. I normally like to make my own sauce but an easy dinner is nice once in a while. Also I bought Victoria basil-tomato sauce and pesto sauce. And they were both very good. The pesto was perfect. It was not overwhelming but you could taste the flavor. I melted mozzarella on my husband's dinner and with mine, I rounded out the dinner with a nice salad.

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Lish

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2007

quick and easy but not fantastic. I guess you have to start out with a really good canned/jarred sauce.

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rachel

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Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2007

The pesto made the tomato sauce seem greasy. Plus, the pesto flavor was drowned out by the tomato sauce. I won't be making this again.

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2007

It never occured to me to add pesto sauce to plain old spaghetti sauce - the results are wonderful. Though you can't really taste the pesto, it really adds another layer flavor. I did change a few things. First, I browned and crumbled some sweet Italian sausage, then added some fresh mushrooms. Once that was all cooked, I add two cans of plain spaghetti sauce and almost a whole container of pesto. Once the pasta was cooked, I threw it all in a casserole, topped with cheese and baked for 20 minutes or so. My husband doesn't usually comment on pasta dishes - this one he did, repeatedly!

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LisaMB

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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2007

Excellent sauce! I added Italian sausage for a quick easy meal.

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Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2007

Added some sliced zucchini, mushrooms and Italian sausage. Really good.

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Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2005

Fantastic sauce idea! It's perfect when I don't feel like making a sauce from scratch. I add fresh, chopped portobello mushrooms to the sauce and let it simmer for a few hours before serving.

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