{"id":3236,"date":"2015-01-27T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2015-01-27T19:04:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T03:04:41","slug":"whats-for-dinner-baked-spaghetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=3236","title":{"rendered":"What’s For Dinner? {Baked Spaghetti}"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month<\/a>, I told you guys that January 5th is National Spaghetti Day- and that I would be celebrating said day with a spaghetti recipe I would then share. Well, today’s the day I share the recipe!<\/p>\n

I love spaghetti. I really do. Sometimes my husband makes fun of me when I go to Italian restaurants and order spaghetti because we can have spaghetti any old time. But it’s just so\u00a0good.\u00a0<\/em>To celebrate National Spaghetti Day I made a special kind of spaghetti that’s different, but really really good. I’m talking, finish your plate and hover over the casserole dish sneaking extra fork-fulls until your self-control kicks in reminding you that this will make excellent leftovers for lunch tomorrow if you\u00a0just put down the fork\u00a0<\/em>and save the rest.<\/p>\n

This baked spaghetti recipe is really easy to customize- make it your own! I literally did not go to the store to buy anything for this recipe- I just used what I had at home already. There are things I would’ve liked to add that I think would’ve been really good, but I had enough ingredients at home to make a perfectly tasty baked spaghetti. Here’s what I used:<\/p>\n

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-8 oz spaghetti
\n-a jar of red sauce
\n-8 oz cream cheese
\n-1\/4 cup chopped onion
\n-2 tbsp butter, cubed
\n-1\/2 lb ground beef
\n-1 cup parmesan cheese<\/p>\n

If you’ve read through any of my recipes, you know that my measurements are not exact at all. If you don’t like a lot of cream cheese, don’t use the whole package. If you only have 6 oz of spaghetti, make it with 6 oz of spaghetti. If you don’t have any onion, leave it out. Have some bell peppers you need to use? Throw them in! You get the idea… make the recipe how you’ll like it.<\/p>\n

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Brown the ground beef. Throw the onion in there too, if you’re using onion. (By the way, whenever I make ground beef, I cook the whole pound, and then freeze half of it in a tupperware container. I never make a recipe with a whole pound of ground beef, even if it calls for it.)<\/p>\n

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While the meat is cooking, you can boil some salted water and cook the noodles according to the package directions.<\/p>\n

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When the meat is done and drained (if needed) pour in some of the red sauce to coat the meat.<\/p>\n

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Pour in a thin layer of sauce into your baking dish. I used an 8×8 pan.<\/p>\n

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Next, layer in your cooked, drained noodles.<\/p>\n

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This step isn’t necessary, but I tuck in the cubed butter into the noodles.<\/p>\n

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Next smear the softened cream cheese over the noddles. This part can get messy, especially if the cream cheese isn’t soft. Don’t worry about making it pretty- it’ll be tasty no matter what. The softer the cream cheese, the easier it’ll be though!<\/p>\n

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Next add the ground beef, and more sauce. Your pan should be pretty full by now!<\/p>\n

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Finally, add your parmesan cheese! The more the merrier in my opinion- when it comes to parmesan cheese.<\/p>\n

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Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the cheese is nice and bubbly. Let it cool for a little before diving in. I love this stuff! We always have the ingredients on hand for spaghetti (because again, it’s one of my favorites) – but when we have cream cheese in the house, I love adding it in to make this tasty baked spaghetti. Bell pepper or mushrooms would be great additions as well!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9517c\"<\/a>What’s your favorite spaghetti recipe?<\/p>\n

xoxo,
\nKayla<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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