Tomato, Basil and Cheese Baked Pasta

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This was a great recipe. I used a 1/2 box medium shells and I made my own pesto in a matter of minutes. I used the entire can of tomatoes and it provided enough sauce. I also had 1/2 lb of mozz. so I just put 6 slices on top of the pasta it was AWESOME and my kids thought they didn't like pesto.

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The things I changed was substitute penne for shells and add a 14 oz can of tomato sauce to crushed tomatoes because I like extra sauce. I added very little salt to tomato sauce because I felt it would be too salty with all the cheeses and pesto sauce. I made this a day ahead and it was so delicious! Would definitIely make it again!

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My daughter is 13 and she made this from the kids cookbook. She had never made anything herself so she and I made this dish. I have to say this is a very comfort feeling food. The best part was we had a 1st time together. We had never made pasta sauce from scratch before. This dish was amazing. I decided we had some chicken, Mozzarella and sun dried tomato sausages. I pan fried them to serve with this dish. I did this a bit different as I combined the ricotta and the pesto together added some mozzarella to the cheese mixture. Then spun the pasta in the bowl to get all the flavors and help warm the cheese early on. crusty warm brown bubbled cheese rocks on this dish.

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I added italian sausage to this dish (not that it needed anything and it was savory and delicious.

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Thanks again, Rach. I baked it without the cheese for an hour to get my marinara really roasty-flavored, (be sure to leave your pasta al dente if you do this then on with the cheeses. Blew the crew away! You rock.

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Between the olive oil, the pesto sauce, and the cheeses, this dish cooked up greasy. The taste was ok but it didn't need the rocotta which made it heavy. This dish did not leave a nice aftertaste and was barely worth the 2 star rating. My family said, Don't make this one again.

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My 14 year old asked what I wanted for my present. I told her to make me something herself. She is a great cook and your recipe hit the spot. It is easy and your baby-like step by step might help her but, she does know her way around a kitchen. She has been cooking since she was 9. Bakes a mean banana bread.
Thanks

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This was excellent, my family loved it! Used Penne instead for pasta as I like the bigger, thinker pastas, but still GREAT! Thank you!

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My boys have always been very picky pasta eaters and this recipe was an instant HIT!!! I make it every time I have extra ricotta cheese in the fridge! It really is a 30 minute meal, even when grating fresh mozarella and fresh parm. Thank you from a busy mom!

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Rachael, no need to explain to us how to crush garlic and pour olive oil. Just give us the recipe info - we don't need the Cooking 101 lesson built into the recipe.