Baked Ziti with Vegetables and Mushrooms

1 tsp vegetable oil with cooking spray
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 1/2 cups chopped portobello, cremini, or button mushrooms
4 garlic cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can stewed tomatoes, undrained and chopped
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
7 cups torn spinach (about 1/2 pound)
3 cups hot cooked ziti (about 2 1/4 cups uncooked short tube-shaped pasta)
Cooking spray
1 cup low fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup (1 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 375°.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and bell peppers, and sauté 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Stir in basil, salt, black pepper, tomatoes, and tomato sauce, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes or until slightly thick. Stir in spinach; cook 1 minute or until spinach wilts. Stir in pasta. Spoon into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Dollop with ricotta.
Cover and bake at 375° for 20 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
Note: To make ahead, assemble casserole as directed. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature, and bake as directed.


Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 cup)
5 points each

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 237(24% from fat); FAT 6.3g (sat 2.5g,mono 2.4g,poly 0.8g); PROTEIN 11.6g; CHOLESTEROL 12mg; CALCIUM 213mg; SODIUM 588mg; FIBER 4.5g; IRON 3.8mg; CARBOHYDRATE 35g