When I go shopping at BJ’s, I always get excited. I know that I am going to get bulk pricing on staples that my household needs. And, I know that I am going to get excellent quality. This week we went to BJ’s to purchase Bertolli® Pasta Sauce. If you follow my blog, you may recall me sharing that this past month, I ran out of pasta sauce in my stockpile. While I like to cook my own marinara sauce, I very seldom have the time to do that. So I like to have jars in my pantry for crazy nights when I’m scrambling and yet want a home cooked meal to feed my family.
If you have never tried shopping at BJ’s, you should. First of all, you can get a free one day pass to use before you even think about purchasing a membership. The store is organized just like regular super centers and everything is easy to find. For us, when we are at BJ’s, we are usually in a rush to get in and get out. So, during moments like this past week when I had just a small grocery list, I love how easy it was for us to find the items, load our cart and then check out.
If you have never tried Bertolli® Pasta Sauces, now is the time. They are flavorful and the perfect accompaniment to an Italian meal. Bertolli® Pasta Sauce even has a White sauce. So if you are looking for a traditional marinara, they have you covered but if you want a white sauce, they have you covered as well! Head to the Bertolli® Pinterest Page for #BertolliTuscanTour recipe ideas!
I purchased the three pack of Bertolli® Pasta Sauces. It has two jars of Tomato & Basil and one jar of Olive Oil & Garlic. You can’t go wrong with those flavor combinations! That night, when we got home, I was really craving lasagna. However, I didn’t have the time to boil the lasagna noodles, layer the lasagna and then cook it. So I decided to create a quicker version.
This Bow-tie Lasagna took me 15 minutes to put together. It baked in the oven for 25 minutes. So in 40 minutes, I had a piping hot, home cooked meal that only took me a few minutes to throw together. Oh – and it included just five ingredients! You can’t beat that! My recipe is meatless. But you could very easily brown a pound of ground beef and mix it to the pot along with the sauce and pasta!
After I cooked the bow-tie pasta, I drained the water and then mixed in 3/4 of a jar of Bertolli® Tomato & Basil sauce.
I poured half of the pot of pasta with sauce into a casserole dish. I layered the pasta with the Ricotta Cheese mixture. And then I topped the mixture with the other half of the cooked pasta and sauce.
You have to have lots of cheese when you cook lasagna! I topped the dish with lots of shredded Mozzarella that I bought at BJ’s.
And voila! I baked this covered for 15 minutes and then baked uncovered for another 10 minutes. Tastes just like regular lasagna but involved much less preparation and cooking time!
Five Ingredient Bow-tie Lasagna
Ingredients
12 oz Box Bowtie Pasta
24 oz Jar Marinara Sauce
1 ½ cup Ricotta Cheese
1 Egg
1 ½ cup Mozarella Cheese, divided
Directions
1) Preheat oven to 400
2) Spray 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray
3) Cook pasta
4) While pasta is cooking, mix Ricotta cheese, egg and ¾ c mozzarella cheese. (If you prefer, you can add parmesan as well. Add up to ¼ a cup. If I have the time, I also like to sprinkle a little parsley and black pepper into my cheese mixture.)
5) Drain pasta. Mix ¾ a jar of sauce in with the pasta.
6) Pour half of the pasta and sauce into baking dish.
7) Layer with cheese mixture.
8) Pour remaining half of pasta over cheese mixture.
9) Top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
10) Cover with foil. Bake 15 minutes. Remove foil. Bake an additional 10 minutes or until cooked through.
Enjoy!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Bertolli®. The opinions and text are all mine.
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