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Three Cheese Ziti Marinara [Apr. 26th, 2008|08:28 pm]
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What SmartOnes had to say: "Now with more cheese! Ziti pasta in a delicious marinara sauce topped with mozzarella, monterey jack and parmesan cheeses."

Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 290
Calories from Fat: 60
Sodium: 22%
Dietary Fiber: 16%
Weight Watchers Points: 6

My thoughts: I picked this meal up because I desperately miss my mom's baked ziti and it was on sale. I had pretty low expectations of this meal and I was pleasantly surprised. First, the noodles cooked well, they weren't overcooked or undercooked. Second, the sauce was pretty good, basic, but good; it could have used more basil or something, but it tasted good. Third, there was a lot of cheese which, to me, is a good thing. I was slightly worried about the monterey jack because it isn't canon in Italian cuisine, but I didn't notice anything overwhelmingly monterey jack-y about this dish. The only downside of this meal had to do with the cheese which was...sticky. I know mozzarella is stringy, but all the melted cheese was really stringy and a lot of it ended up on the bottom of the tray because it slid off the saucy noodles. That was pretty much my only problem with this meal. I wouldn't say this meal tasted home-cooked, but it definitely satiated my ziti craving.

One weird thing about this meal is that the ingredients mention beet powder being used. I have no idea where that fits in the meal, but it was a little bit confusing (for the record, the meal does not taste beet-y at all)

5 stars!
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[User Picture]From: [info]omgcrazypants
2008-05-07 07:13 pm (UTC)

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Beet powder is probably for colour.
[User Picture]From: [info]right_track
2008-05-13 04:15 am (UTC)

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Oof. I tried this one the other day and I didn't feel so strongly about it. The cheese was sticky (stuck all over the fork and bottom of the plastic tray) the noodles seemed over-done and the sauce was really nothing special. I guess for me, there was a lot of it, so that was a plus. It DID fill me up-- but it was more quantity than quality by my taste. I'd probably give it two stars and wouldn't buy it again.