Spaghetti Casserole

"A friend of mine brought some of this into work for me to try and I had to get the recipe. It's delicious! I submitted this exactly how it was given to me. I used thin spaghetti (my preference), melted the cream cheese almost all the way before mixing with spaghetti, mixed the ground beef with tomato sauce before layering (by mistake). "
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • The recipe calls for a 9x13 casserole, but I usually split it between two 8x8 pans (increasing the spaghetti, beef, sauce and mozarella slightly if needed) and freeze one of them for another time.
  • Cook the spaghetti and drain, but don't rinse.
  • Put it right back in the warm pot and add the cream cheese.
  • Blend the cream cheese until melted with the spaghetti and then blend in the sour cream.
  • Put spaghetti mixture into greased pan.
  • Layer some of the mozarella, then the beef, then a little more mozarella.
  • Spread the spaghetti sauce across and then put the rest of the mozarella on top.
  • Bake at 350 (or maybe 375?) for 30- 35 minutes- until a knife comes out clean.
  • Let it stand for 5 or 10 minutes.

Questions & Replies

  1. What can you use instead of sour cream
     
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Reviews

  1. HUGE hit at my house full of men! They insist that I do not make spaghetti any other way and have to agree with them. This is so easy, flavorful and freezes great. Like others noted, instead of layering, I just mixed all ingredients together and put in casserole and topped with the cheese before baking. Instead of spaghetti sauce, I used 1 lg. can of chopped tomatoes and 1 lg. can of pureed tomato. I used a blend of shredded cheese and I like that better than just mozzarella.<br/>Thanks for posting!!
     
  2. My whole family loved it! I made a few addition while cooking the meat: 2 Italian sausages (casings removed and crumbled), chopped onion and garlic....oh, and used prob closer to 3 c mozz cheese-hey, there can never be too much cheese! this dish was wonderful and will def be a regular meal at our house!
     
  3. Absolutely Love this recipe. Cook exactly as is. Will be making this a lot. Husband is picking about his spaghetti - And he love it. Left overs are even better. Fixed with a salad and garlic toast. GREAT MEAL!!
     
  4. This was very tasty and easy to make. It easily makes 8 servings. I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese, light sour cream, and a 32 oz jar of Classico Tomato and Basil pasta sauce. I browned the ground beef with 1 tsp minced garlic and after draining the beef, I added salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. I used a shredded Italian cheese blend. I split it into 2 dishes; baked one and refrigerated the other for a family. Thanks for sharing.
     
  5. I will definatly make this again!!<br/>Only suggestion is to warm up the cream cheese in the mirowave prior to blending it with the pasta and sour cream--this be be sooo much eaiser and less messy.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I added diced onion, green pepper and some garlic to the meat. I also mixed in about 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce into the meat mixture before adding the meat layer. It turned out delicious.
     
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  2. Delicious! Instead of ground beef I used a bag of frozen Italian meatballs that I warmed in the microwave. I also doubled the cheese for us cheese lovers. This one is going in my keeper file! Thanks Shells75!
     
  3. This was a Huge hit in my home too. I made the first casserole on Saturday...and then was aked to make it again on Monday. BTW...we are only a family of 3. This casserole doesn't last long in our home.<br/>I made a few changes to the recipe...First I make my sauce myself from a recipe from an Italian friend of ours...and instead of layering with meat...I bought large frozen meatballs...cut them in half....and layered my meatballs instead of ground beef. I also melted my cream cheese on the stove per most of the reviews and added about 1/3 cup of 2% milk to the cream cheese...(to make it creamy).<br/>This will definitely be a regular meal in our home.
     
  4. Fabulous recipe, and sooo easy to make! I've been looking for a new spin on spaghetti, and my whole family LOVED this- even my picky 3 year old!!! This is going in my recipe book for sure! I did use parmesan instead of mozzarella cheese, and found it to be quite tasty as well. I also chopped garlic into the beef, and next time will likely add an onion too.
     
  5. We both really enjoyed this - my dh is quite a food critic ( never cooks himself though!) and he kept saying how tasty it was. I used tinned tomatoes instead of the spaghetti sauce and added garlic - also mixed this all in with the mince. Very filling and rich. Very tasty. Will cook again.
     

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