Hearty Baked Macaroni

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomato puree
• 1 cup water
• 2 teaspoons italian herb seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder, divided
• 1 1/2 lbs low fat cottage cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 (8 ounce) package elbow macaroni, uncooked
• 4 ounces part-skim mozzarella cheese, sliced

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*. lightly spray a 9 x 9 x 2 casserole with cooking spray.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine tomato puree, water, italian seasoning, and 1/2 teaspoon of the garlic powder.
• 3 in another bowl, combine cottage cheese, onion powder, and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder.
• 4 spoon 1/3 of the tomato mixture into prepared casserole dish. place 1/2 of the macaroni, all of cottage cheese mixture, and 1/3 of tomato mixture on top.
• 5 add remaining macaroni and cover with remaining tomato mixture.
• 6 cover and bake for 1 hour. uncover and top with mozzarella cheese. bake uncovered for 5 minutes more or intil cheese is melted. let sand for 10 minutes before serving.