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Recipes » main dishes » pasta » Clean Eating: Quick & Healthy Baked Ziti

By Wendy O'Neal 41 Comments

Clean Eating: Quick & Healthy Baked Ziti

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Can I be honest with you? I’m gonna sound a bit vain, but I’m totally in love with this pasta dish I made. I think I ate it for three days straight…yep…it was that good. I’ve been seeing a lot about the clean eating movement and did some quick research and realized I pretty much already do it by cooking mostly from scratch. YEAH for me. So if it’s one of your goals then this recipe will be perfect for you. If not, you will still totally love it too! Clean Eating: Quick & Healthy Baked Ziti is really just comfort food!

Clean Eating: Quick & Healthy Baked Ziti...plus it's gluten free!  #12bloggers

This year, I’ve teamed up with 11 other fabulous women for 12 posts that will each revolve around one central theme for the month. And each recipe or project will have 12 ingredients/supplies or less. Here’s what you need to know:

12 bloggers
12 months
12 themes
12 ingredients or less for each post

12 Healthy Meals from #12bloggers

Don’t all those recipes look amazing! Make sure to keep reading after my recipe to get all the links for these amazing dishes. All of them are quick, easy, healthy, and each one has less than 12 ingredients! Which one will you make first? {Hopefully, mine…lol!}

Clean Eating: Quick & Healthy Baked Ziti...plus it's gluten free!  #12bloggers

So, you might have noticed that there really isn’t ziti in my bowl. It’s curly pasta, but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it has baked ziti does. I’ve made this with ziti and planned to make it for you that way…BUT….the store was out of my gluten free ziti, so I grabbed these noodles instead. They are my favorite and I stock up on them from amazon and buy it in bulk to keep on hand.

Clean Eating: Quick & Healthy Baked Ziti...plus it's gluten free!  #12bloggers

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healthy baked ziti

Clean Eating: Quick and Healthy Baked Ziti

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

This quick and healthy baked ziti is made with lean ground turkey, Italian seasonings and no refined sugar. It's a clean eating Italian dinner that's pure comfort food!

Ingredients

  • 1 lb gluten-free or whole wheat ziti pasta, cooked
  • 1 1/2 lbs lean, ground turkey
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp dried basil
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 cup dried onion (or 1 tbsp onion powder)
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 15 ounces tomato sauce
  • 4 oz garlic and herb goat cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. While the pasta cooks, in a large skillet, cook the turkey meat over medium high heat.
  2. Drain any fat from the pan and add in basil, oregano, garlic powder, dried onion, chili powder, honey, water, and tomato sauce. Let simmer for 5-10 minutes to let flavors blend. Stir in goat cheese until blended.
  3. Drain pasta and add to the cooked meat sauce and mix well. Transfer to a baking dish and bake at 350F for about 15 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 629Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 509mgCarbohydrates: 74gFiber: 12gSugar: 5gProtein: 48g

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© Wendy O'Neal
Cuisine: Italian / Category: pasta

Here are the other 11 quick & easy Healthy Dinners from some of my favorite bloggers. Please go check out these amazing recipes and their wonderful blogs…you’ll be so glad you did.

Chicken Posole Casserole by Betsy at Betsy Life
Coconut Chicken Tenders by Brandie at Home Cooking Memories
Healthy Crock Pot Sesame Chicken By Claire at A Little Claireification
Rustic Meat Pie By Jennifer at The Rebel Chick
Easy Sweet Potato Sliders by Jess at A Million Moments
Easy Black Bean Chili by Kimberly at A Night Owl Blog
Quick, Easy, and Healthy White Chicken Enchilada Soup by Melissa at Bless this Mess
One Pan Salmon & Vegetables by Sara at Mom Endeavors
Tuna Nicoise Frittata by Stephie at Eat Your Heart Out
Bacon, Egg and Spinach Casserole by Vanessa at See Vanessa Craft
Spaghetti Squash with Pesto by Wendy at Choosing Love

12Bloggers12Months12Ingredients #12bloggers

And here we all are….hope you join us on the 12th of each month!

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Comments

  1. Dayle says

    June 8, 2015 at 11:57 am

    What’s the serving size, and how many servings does this make? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      June 10, 2015 at 2:41 pm

      Makes about 8 servings. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Michelle says

    November 3, 2014 at 11:47 am

    I’ve never noticed herb goat cheese. I’ll look but if all I can find is plain do you have any suggestions of what to add to keep the right flavour?

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      November 3, 2014 at 2:58 pm

      I would just add a tsp or so of an Italian herb blend if you can’t find the herb goat cheese. I bet you can find it though. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Vanessa @ See Vanessa Craft says

    January 17, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    This looks yummy! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  4. Brandie (@ Home Cooking Memories) says

    January 16, 2014 at 1:53 am

    Oooh, I especially love the addition of the goat cheese! I’ve never added anything like that to my pasta dishes, but I think that would be a welcome change. Looks great!

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      January 16, 2014 at 9:30 am

      If you like goat cheese Brandie, then you will love this! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Melissa @ Bless this Mess says

    January 15, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    So delicious healthy and hearty all at the same time. I’m impressed!

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      January 16, 2014 at 9:30 am

      Thanks Melissa!

      Reply
  6. Jennifer @TheRebelChick says

    January 15, 2014 at 6:54 am

    Oh, I love pasta! This recipe looks so good!

    Reply
  7. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says

    January 13, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    Great idea! This looks yummy! And bring on the goat cheese!

    Reply
  8. Betsy says

    January 13, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    I have all this stuff on hand and just picked up a box of quinoa pasta. Hoping to make this sometime this week!

    Reply
  9. Stephie @ EYHO says

    January 12, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    You had me at goat cheese.

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      January 12, 2014 at 8:25 pm

      LOL Stephie….goat cheese is one of my favs!

      Reply
  10. Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says

    January 12, 2014 at 7:40 pm

    Three days straight, this baked ziti has to be amazing. It sure looks it! Can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      January 12, 2014 at 7:44 pm

      Thanks Pamela…let me know what you think if you give it a try!

      Reply
  11. Jess says

    January 12, 2014 at 7:15 pm

    Basil, goat cheese and pasta? YUM! You pretty much just combined my top 3 food loves ever 🙂

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      January 12, 2014 at 7:41 pm

      You are gonna love this then Jess! The herb-y goat cheese flavor in here is AMAZING! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Claire @ A Little Claireification says

    January 12, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    Wendy I have been making my way through all of the amazing 12 dishes and I must tell you we are pasta freaks and my Hubs will LOVE this so much. I cannot wait to try it – it looks SO much more delicious than ziti recipes I have seen in the past. Pinned!! So glad to be a part of this series with you and the gals! xo

    Reply
    • Wendy O'Neal says

      January 12, 2014 at 7:41 pm

      I’m so glad you are doing #12bloggers with us Claire! We are gonna have a fantastic (and tasty) year together! 🙂

      Reply

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