What's for dinner tonight? Well for feeding an army like I do every night, this Million Dollar Spaghetti Bake, is by far the way to go. From feeding three kids, a boyfriend who could eat a horse, and myself, every night is a challenge for dinner.
Serves 8 (I serve 5 with PLENTY of leftovers!)
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hr 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hr 30 minutes
This is what you will need:
1 (16 ounce) package spaghetti noodles
1 pound ground beef
1 (16 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup butter, sliced - divided
1 cup cottage cheese
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sour cream
1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
Here's how to do it:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until "al dente" (cooked through but firm to the bite), about 12 minutes. Drain.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes, drain and discard grease.
- Place to a bowl and mix spaghetti sauce into ground beef.
- Combine the cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese until well blended.
- Place half the slices of butter into the bottom of a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
- Spread half the spaghetti into the dish. Top spaghetti with creamy mixture.
- Layer remaining spaghetti over creamy mixture.
- Top with remaining pats of butter.
- Pour ground beef mixture over spaghetti and spread to cover casserole.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- Spread Cheddar cheese over pasta and continue baking until cheese has melted and is lightly browned, about 15 more minutes.
Hope everyone enjoys this as much as my family does!!