Baked Ziti And Roasted Veggies

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Baked veggies makes this dish special. This recipe is from a clipping out of a magazine. Not sure which on but this is sooo tasty.

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Steps

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Heat oven to 450f.

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Toss eggplant , red onion , peppers , oil and salt in shallow pan.

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Roast 30 minutes stirring once or twice until vegetables begin to brown.

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Sauce: heat oil in saucepan.

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Add onions& cook covered over medium heat 10 min.

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Stir in garlic , red pepper and fennel cook 30 seconds.

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Add tomatoes salt pepper sugar and thyme.

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Bring to boil reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.

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Stirr in parsley.

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Makes 3 cups.

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Reduce oven heat to 400f.

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Toss ziti with vegetables sauce and spinach in bowl.

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Spread in shallow 3-quart baking dish.

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Sprinkle mozzarella over top.

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Bake 20 minutes or until bubbly.

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Ingredients

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eggplant, red onion, yellow peppers, olive oil, salt, onion, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, fennel seed, crushed tomatoes, fresh ground pepper, sugar, thyme, parsley, ziti pasta, frozen chopped spinach, mozzarella cheese