July 14, 2009

Easy Spaghetti Bake Recipe

It had been awhile since we made this recipe so I pulled it out yesterday. It doesn't take too long to make and you have plenty of leftovers. Our children even like to eat this which is always a plus! I've also attached the instructions on how to make this a freezer meal. In case you ever need a backup and want to throw something in the oven. :) For most of the ingredients, we doubled them so we have lots of leftovers! If you try it, hope you enjoy it!

Easy Spaghetti Bake

Spaghetti (we used whole grain and the full bag)
8 oz sour cream (we doubled)
8 oz cream cheese (doubled)
1+ lb ground beef (we used ground turkey)
1-2 jars spaghetti sauce
2-4 cups mozzarella cheese

Cook noodles, then add to ground beef and mix in spaghetti sauce. Separately, mix sour cream and cream cheese together. Place the mixed noodles in the bottom of a 9x13 pan then spread the sour cream/cream cheese mixture over the top. Then sprinkle on the mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes, until warmed through and cheese is melted.

Freezing: put in 2 small pans and freeze one. Line the pan to be frozen with greased tin foil. After casserole is frozen, remove hardened casserole in foil, wrap, and then label. Write cooking instructions on foil. To use, thaw in refrigerator overnight and then bake as directed if not yet baked. Or reheat in microwave if previously cooked or cook directly from the freezer and bake for 1-1 1/2 to 2 hours at 350 degrees.

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