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!

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

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!}

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 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!

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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: 629 Total Fat: 19g Saturated Fat: 5g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 12g Cholesterol: 120mg Sodium: 509mg Carbohydrates: 74g Fiber: 12g Sugar: 5g Protein: 48g

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

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