Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti Casserole – everyone goes crazy over this dish – they always ask for the recipe! Make ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to bake. Great for a crowd. The BEST pasta I have ever had. Seriously better than you’ll find in any restaurant.
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Pin This RecipeThis was the best thing we ate last week. It was quick and delicious!! I saw a version of this on Pinterest. It looked so good that I had to add it to the menu ASAP!
You probably have everything you need to make this pasta dish in your pantry right now. This can be made ahead of time and baked when you are ready. I love these kinds of dishes. The pasta was really creamy and wonderful! We both absolutely loved it. It was even better the next day at lunch. This will be going into our usual dinner rotation!
Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti Casserole
Ingredients:
- 12- oz spaghetti
- 1 (26-oz) jar prepared spaghetti sauce
- 1- lb lean ground beef
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF degrees.
- In a skillet, brown the ground beef until cooked through; drain fat and stir in spaghetti sauce. Set aside.
- Cook spaghetti according to directions on packet. Drain and place cooked spaghetti in bowl. Add cream cheese, Italian Seasoning and minced garlic. Stir until cream cheese is melted and the spaghetti is thoroughly coated.
- Lightly grease a 9×13″ pan. Spread a small amount of meat sauce in the bottom of the dish. Put spaghetti on top of sauce and top with remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake for 30 minutes, until bubbly.
Notes:
Steph
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I didn’t have ground beef, so I used hot Italian sausage links(casings removed). I also snuck in a few veggies- minced red, yellow and orange bell peppers & diced mushrooms (added to meat sauce)- after reading reviews about noodles being too dry, I used 3/4 of a box of spaghetti noodles & WOW! Great dish!
I made this tonight and my family gobbled it up! It was so tasty! I did salt,pepper,garlic both the meat and the cream cheese. I also added the Parmesan to the cream cheese mixture and put shredded mozzarella on the top of the casserole.
This is going into our dinner rotation for sure!
My husband made this recipe last night and it is FANTASTIC. He made it vegan by subbing Impossible burger, vegan cream cheese, and vegan cheeses. He used Rao’s caramelized onion marinara sauce. Delicious…decadent without being too rich. Plenty of flavor…not bland at all (didn’t even need salt and pepper).
I used half cream cheese and half garlic and herb goat cheese with a squirt of sour cream to make it creamier. I also added mozzarella on top as well. I added more seasoning when browning the meat too (Tony chachere’s spice and herd blend, Paul prudhommes pizza and pasta magic, and extra pepper). Ca c’est bon!
I made this using the leftovers from a big family spaghetti meal the night before. It was delicious!
With the exception of using granulated garlic instead of fresh minced garlic (out of laziness) I followed this recipe to a T and it was so good AND quick and easy! Made enough for more than just one night’s meal too! This will become a repeat in my house.
Thanks, Natalie, for your review of this recipe after following it “to a T”. I love when the original recipe is tried first without all the suggested changes.
Thanks to your review, I am going to try it and will follow the recipe “to a T” as well.
Love this recipe!! I put mozzarella on too and added rotel to the sauce;)
This was incredible! I did add salt and pepper to season the meat and used a tomato basil spaghetti sauce. Fantastic!
Great recipe.
Boyfriend says “This is the sh#t.”
I dropped the cream cheese package in warm water to help soften the cream cheese. Mine came encased in foil (Philadelphia package).
Thank you Joyce.
Love this! I add diced peppers and onions and away we go. Always make 2 batches at a time and freeze one. Family favorite for sure.
Sounds delicious! Glad you enjoyed it.
This recipe has become my family’s favorite pasta. I use italian sausage with onion. Everything is the ame and very yummy.
This was excellent. Needs more sauce than what is listed.
I wish people would wait until they actually prepared the recipe to comment. Nobody cares if you think it “sounds yummy” or “looks delicious” or that you’re going to “try it soon”; people want feedback on what it tastes like.
I made it and it was great, didn’t change a thing. Quick, easy and tasted fantastic. I’ll definitely be making it again!
Why are you so concerned about people leaving comments whether they made it or not, Karen. You sound miserable
You sound like an a-hole. She is right, comments are about the experience had by making the recipe.
100 % nailed it Karen
This was so yummy the first time I made it just like the recipe stated. This time I’m using leftover roast beef instead of the ground beef. I’m sure it will be just as delicious! Thanks for the simple recipe!
sounds delicious!
I made this today with a few changes and I must saw it was phenomenal. I used fettuccine instead of spaghetti because it’s what I had on hand. I seasoned my cream cheese with Italian seasoning, and garlic salt. I used Italian sausage, ground beef, and pepperoni along with onions, pepper and minced garlic. This is by far one of my favorite recipes now. I also used to jars of spaghetti.
Your embellishments sound delicious. I’m making this today with these additions, and giving the recipe 5 stars in advance!