cooking for a working korean girl: Chicken Ziti

I made this on the more "healthy" side. I know ziti is usually made with LOTS of cheese but I didn't, so if you like to eat for that taste skip this =)

I forgot to measure everything so here are some approximate guesses =)

Ingredients
Used about half a box of the Ziti from Barilla. Box says 16oz
3/4 - 1 lb of chicken
Sliced vegetables - your choice. I just used some mushrooms and a bit of zucchini
15 oz crushed tomatoes
1 tb minced garlic
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp italian seasoning
2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tb chopped basil
4 tablespoons of shredded cheese (i used parm)
Olive oil for cooking

I brought a pot of water to boil and added some salt. When the water started to boil I added the pasta

My box said to cook about 10 minutes, but I cooked it about 8 minutes to avoid over cooking it in the oven. Preheat the oven at 375

While it's cooking, I heated up my other pot for the sauce - I put it on medium. I waited about 3-4 minutes then added the oil, minced garlic and veggies

And the pepper, italian seasoning, salt and red pepper flakes

Cook until it's about 60-70% done. Then get your tomato sauce ready to add

Chop your basil and add

My pasta was ready about now. Depending on your timing, whenever it's ready drain it and put it to the side

Mix around the sauce... I lowered the heat it about low-medium and let it reduce down for about 15 minutes

Then add your pasta

Add about half the cheese and mix around

I used my mini Le Creuset mini cocotte pots to cook this in! I used three and I saved the rest for lunch the next day =) You can use whatever you want to put in the oven

Sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. This is the part where I skimped out a bit... other recipes will ask for you to add a lot of riccota cheese or something similar... so it's up to you