Last night I attended the Blended Food Bloggers Conference at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Downtown Phoenix. It was a great event! Met a lot of awesome people, heard a talk from Heather Gill, a local food photographer, and got a ton of goodies from some really great sponsors. I also got to spend some quality time with my super awesome friend Brian who I never see. You can catch up with him on his blog or by visiting his Game Night Guys podcast.
So when it came to figuring out what’s for dinner tonight, I looked to my Blended swag bag for inspiration and I came up with this…
I chopped up some onions and also some garlic and sautéed them in some olive oil.
We had some beef in the freezer so I gave it a little salt and pepper and threw it in with the onions and garlic.
Fry’s Food Stores had sponsored the conference and gave away HUGE bags of food. This jar of marinara from their Private Selection was one of the items in the bag. SCORE! (I’ll share the other giveaways at a later time. Good stuff!) Once my meat was all cooked up, I simmered it with this sauce until my ziti noodles boiled.
For a little extra taste I added in some of my favorite Penzy’s spices.
Once my noodles boiled I mixed everything together in a casserole dish, and then things got a little crazy up in here… ARE YOU READY?
That’s right… I added some ricotta.(OK, so my idea of CRAZY is a little off)
After baking at 350 for about a half hour, this meal was a done deal.
And what’s better? It’s a Rylie approved dish. Fit for a princess.
Super simple meal thrown together by whatever was left over in my kitchen from the week. Can’t beat that!
Enjoy!
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It was great seeing you. That Pasta Bake looks super yummy!