Baked Spaghetti

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A twist on the classic spaghetti recipe that makes it hard to ever eat regular spaghetti again! This casserole can easily be doubled for feeding a crowd and everyone loves it! Serve it with some garlic toast and Mama’s Salad Everyone Loves for a complete meal ready in under an hour!

Mama made this a lot for our family growing up and I’m telling you, my sisters and I can EAT! We have always had a hearty appetite. This baked spaghetti is one of my favorite dishes and is a crowd pleaser.

This is one of the first things I made when I moved out on my own. It’s so easy!

A few healthier swaps:

  • Use whole wheat spaghetti noodles or Barilla ProteinPlus Noodles.
  • Use reduced fat cream cheese and sour cream
  • Cream Cheese Mix
  • Layers!
  • Ready to bake.
Baked Spaghetti
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Baked Spaghetti

Recipe by Paige MurrayCourse: MainCuisine: Italian, AmericanDifficulty: Easy
Servings

6-8

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes

The best spaghetti casserole recipe that is great for feeding a crowd!

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. of Ground Beef

  • 1 Clove Garlic, minced, or 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder

  • 1 teaspoon Salt

  • 1/2 teaspoon Pepper

  • 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning* optional

  • 2 (8 oz) cans Tomato Sauce or Ragu Spaghetti Sauce

  • 1 (8 oz) package Spaghetti Noodles

  • 6 Green Onions or 1 regular onion, diced

  • 1 (3 oz) package Cream Cheese

  • 1 cup Sour Cream

  • 1/2 cup Grated Cheddar Cheese

Directions

  • Brown ground beef in a large skillet, breaking up into small pieces.
  • Add the Italian seasoning to the meat if using.
  • If you are using a regular onion, sauté the diced onion with the meat.
  • Finely dice the garlic and mix into the meat with salt, pepper and tomato sauce.
  • Cover and cook on low for 15-20 minutes.
  • Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain.
  • Preheat oven to 350 and get out a large casserole baking dish.
  • Chop green onions and as much as the green tops as you would like.
  • Mix the cream cheese, sour cream and green onions in a bowl.
  • When the meat and noodles are done cooking place a layer of noodles, then spoon cream cheese mix over the noodles, then cover with meat sauce. Repeat 1 or 2 more times until you have used all the ingredients.
  • Top with grated cheddar cheese.
  • Bake 20 minutes until bubbly.
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  1. Casey Reeves
    November 2, 2021 at 10:40 pm

    My husband has been cooking lately, since I have been swamped with work! I have printed out your recipes for him! He can follow them easily and they taste great! He wanted me to ask, where you were when him and Jim lived with Ty? Because they would of saved a mess load of money on groceries instead of that stupid number game!