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Chicken and Zucchini Ziti Pasta

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • olive oil drizzle
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 zucchini sliced into wheels

Sauce

  • 1 zucchini chopped
  • 3-4 garlic scapes chopped
  • 1/2 purple onion chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 cup ricotta
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • Grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

Chicken and Zucchini Wheels

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Layer zucchini wheels in the bottom of a baking dish. Season well with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Place chicken breasts on top and season well with salt and pepper. Drizzle more olive oil over chicken breast. Put in oven and bake for 30 minutes.
  3. Once the chicken is cooked through add a scoop of ricotta to each chicken breast and bake for another 5 minutes.

Sauce

  1. Sauté all of the vegetables with olive oil.
  2. After the vegetables are soft from sautéing (about 5-7 minutes), add in the ricotta and a can of diced tomatoes; stir and let simmer for about 10 minutes.
  3. Cook pasta, following the directions on box.
  4. To plate, place baked zucchini slices on a plate next to a serving of ziti pasta. Place the baked chicken on top of the pasta and top the whole dish with the zucchini tomato ricotta sauce. Shred fresh parmesan cheese over top of the whole dish and enjoy!