Typically, I don't prep like this, but for the girls participating with me, I thought it might be a fun way to photograph our project, beginning to end! And don't ya know, it made my life SO SO much easier!
Even by this stage, I could tell this was going to be AWESOME! And wowwie! Was it ever.. could have eaten it from this point, didn't even need the oven, but I followed the recipe anyway!
And EAT we did, I truly LOVED this dish, it is HIGH on my favorites list let me tell you! Once you get everything prepped, this is an easy dish. A lot easier than I anticipated and well worth any efforts put in. I shared this with my family that LOVED it! Even sent some over to our neighbor, she's older and alone, so we try to keep her company and looked after, she too enjoyed this very much.
Personal Critique:
Per my own tastes, I made some modifications, some of which are more obvious in the first photo. I used whipping cream instead of heavy cream, I just prefer something a bit lighter. I didn't have ziti, so I used mini penne. I also substituted out the 28oz can of crushed tomatoes for 2- 15oz cans of diced fire roasted tomatoes & green chilies. Granted, this made a MUCH spicier dish than the original, but that's the way we like it here! I cut the water in this dish to 1.5 cups, to accommodate the extra liquid from the tomatoes, worked out perfectly! I am going to make this dish again and again!
Overall grade: A+
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