{"id":7067,"date":"2026-08-05T09:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:24:36","slug":"5-ingredient-slow-cooker-baked-ziti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/5-ingredient-slow-cooker-baked-ziti\/","title":{"rendered":"5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Baked Ziti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Baked Ziti<\/h1>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pound (450 g) ground beef or Italian sausage<\/li>\n<li>1 jar (24 ounces) pasta sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 package (16 ounces) ziti pasta<\/li>\n<li>2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Brown the ground beef or sausage in a skillet over medium heat. Drain any excess fat.<\/li>\n<li>Add the cooked meat, pasta sauce, and diced tomatoes to the slow cooker and stir well.<\/li>\n<li>Add the uncooked ziti pasta and mix everything together.<\/li>\n<li>Cover and cook on low for 3\u20134 hours or on high for 2\u20133 hours, stirring once or twice if possible.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top during the last 20 minutes of cooking.<\/li>\n<li>Once the cheese has melted, serve hot and enjoy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Optional additions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>Garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>Fresh basil<\/li>\n<li>Red pepper flakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This hearty slow cooker baked ziti is easy to prepare and perfect for a family dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Baked Ziti Ingredients 1 pound (450 g) ground beef or Italian sausage 1 jar (24 ounces) pasta&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7069,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions\/7069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}