Baked ziti is carb loaded pasta dish with hearty meat sauce and ziti noodles coated in 3 different kinds of cheese. Who knew this dish could be points friendly for Weight Watchers? I just love watching Ree Drummond’s show and trying out her recipes on Food Network and then I wonder how many points that recipe is. I’ll figure out ways to make the recipe lower in points with just the help of replacing some of the cheese products with part skim or use a leaner protein. Some of my other favorite Food Network stars are Alton Brown, Ina Garten, and I’m just loving Molly Yeh’s show as well because she lives up in Grand Forks ND.
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Ree Drummond’s Simple Perfect Chili Ina Gartens Roasted Shrimp Salad Ina Garten’s Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits
How to make this Baked Ziti Recipe more points friendly.
Ree’s recipe calls for 1 pound of ground beef and 1 pound of sausage. I’ve made the original recipe with sausage and ground beef and I decided to use a lean ground beef such as 93%. The sausage was so good mixed together with the ground beef and I can never find 95% lean ground beef in my stores but if you can find that then use that too. I replaced all the cheese this recipe calls for with part skim mozzarella, ricotta, and parmesan and used light butter instead of olive oil. Find Ree’s original here. Below is the recipe that I made more Weight Watcher friendly. Would you like to see more chef recipes like Ree’s made lower in points? Let me know in the comments below and I can tackle some more! Food Network is one of my favorite channels to watch.
What to serve with Baked Ziti
My recipe for Garlic Parmesan Knots Easy Cheesy Breadsticks
How to make Baked Ziti Video
Recipe from Ree Drummond
WW points are calculated using the recipe builder and not the nutrition info calculator.
