I love to hear compliments like that yet, always scared it won't come out as good as the last time! But, this recipe is pretty hard to mess up -- even when, This Mama Can't Cook!!
Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti Casserole
adapted from Food.com and salad-in-a-jar.com
adapted from Food.com and salad-in-a-jar.com
12 oz spaghetti (I used thin spaghetti and angel hair pasta -- it was what we had in pantry)
1 (28 ounce) jars prepared spaghetti sauce (Used ragu, but we love sauce so I used 1.5 jars)
1 lb lean ground beef
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 clove garlic, minced (I have never bought fresh garlic, so I used the stuff in the jar)
8 ounces cream cheese (didn't have plain cream cheese so I used the chive & onion flavor)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
In a skillet, brown the ground beef until cooked through; drain fat and stir in spaghetti sauce. Set aside.
Cook spaghetti according to directions on packet. Scoop spoon fulls of the cream cheese into a large bowl. Drain and place cooked spaghetti in large bowl. Add Italian Seasoning and minced garlic to spaghetti mix. Stir until cream cheese is melted and the spaghetti is thoroughly coated. Get ready for a workout - this can be tough stirring!!
Lightly grease a 9x13" pan. Spread a small amount of meat sauce in the bottom of the dish. Put spaghetti on top of sauce and top with remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.
Bake for 30 minutes, until bubbly.
1 (28 ounce) jars prepared spaghetti sauce (Used ragu, but we love sauce so I used 1.5 jars)
1 lb lean ground beef
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 clove garlic, minced (I have never bought fresh garlic, so I used the stuff in the jar)
8 ounces cream cheese (didn't have plain cream cheese so I used the chive & onion flavor)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
In a skillet, brown the ground beef until cooked through; drain fat and stir in spaghetti sauce. Set aside.
Cook spaghetti according to directions on packet. Scoop spoon fulls of the cream cheese into a large bowl. Drain and place cooked spaghetti in large bowl. Add Italian Seasoning and minced garlic to spaghetti mix. Stir until cream cheese is melted and the spaghetti is thoroughly coated. Get ready for a workout - this can be tough stirring!!
Lightly grease a 9x13" pan. Spread a small amount of meat sauce in the bottom of the dish. Put spaghetti on top of sauce and top with remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.
Bake for 30 minutes, until bubbly.
adapted from Food.com and salad-in-a-jar.com
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