  A simple mixed phase model mimicking so-called "pasta" phases in the
quark-hadron phase transition is developed and applied to static neutron stars
for the case of DD2 type hadonic and NJL type quark matter models. The
influence of the mixed phase on the mass-radius relation of the compact stars
is investigated. Model parameters are chosen such that the results are in
agreement with the observational constraints for masses and radii of pulsars.
