Comfort Baked Ziti

Have you ever been asked if good food makes you orgasmic? Well, I have and it reminds me of a line from Nigella Bites..."food is the new pornography, it's stared at and lusted for". The presence of food brings us together and makes us happy, which more convincingly pronounces it as a kind of pleasure. And I guess that is a yes. =)

So, today's rainy weather calls for some comfort food. The kind of food that fulfills you without effort. Yup I want to be a couch potato, thus I'm making bake Ziti with three kinds of gooey cheese. Normally people just bake it with one cheese and a meaty tomato sauce, but I want to try something different. Well, my fridge still has some spinach from last week that I don't want to waste.

Ingredients:

• Mozzarella, cheddar, and pepper jack cheese
• A handful of spinach leaves
• Half box of Penne pasta
• Tomato sauce (half jar of prego sauce)
• Italian seasoning
• 1/2 pound ground beef
• Salt and pepper

Directions: 

1. Cook the penne pasta in a pot of boiling water for about 10 mins.
2. Remove and set aside.
3. In another pan, pour some olive oil and slighty cook the beef (approx. 5 mins, then add the tomato sauce .
4. Sprinkle some Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper on the meat sauce.
5. Set out a baking pan, pour half of the meat sauce on the bottom of the pan, then top with the penne pasta, then break the spinach leaves with your hands and layer it.
6. Add slices of the cheese onto of the spinach, then layer it again wit meat sauce, pasta and cheese.
7. Bake in oven for 25 mins at 375, then set to broil for 5 mins to brown the top.