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.
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Steph
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Oh, and it's wonderful for leftovers as well. We're having it again tonight… but I was too lazy to do the toast and salad… this meal stands alone!
Cream cheese should be pretty soft for easier mixing.
Fantastic!
One thing – I'd let the cream cheese sit out a bit before mixing. That was harder than I thought it would be.
I used Alfredo sauce instead of tomatoes sauce.
Sounds good Joyce! We'll be right over!
It's in the oven right now and has 20 min left to bake. I used sausage, added some onion, and sprinkled with mozzarella cheese that I had on hand. I'm going to make a slice of Texas toast and a little dinner salad to go with it.
It rained today and it's cold (for southern California!)… so it's nice, warm comfort food…
Creamy and oozing with cheese, how could I not want to try this? It looks excellent. What jarred sauce do you like?
I'm making this with some sausage I have to use up… and some Mexican cheese that's in the fridge right now. YUMMY!
In the oven as I speak! I doubled the cream cheese, (one in the meat and one in the pasta)and added more sauce, meat, and pasta. Put grated Colby Jack and Parmesan on top. Took two pans. Hoping for the best!
My only word for this is YUM!
Steph this sounds amazing and so family friendly! Yum! How many servings do you think this makes?
Oh my goodness! I am super excited to make this. 🙂 Looks so yummy!
Yup, you're right. I do have everything I need to make this. Looks like dinner tonight!
I think I do have all of that in the pantry.
I make a similar recipe with green onions mixed in with the cream cheese & noodles and I top it with cheddar cheese. Mmmmm!
making it now. Thanks for the idea of the green onions, that sounds great.
We have this often in our house and I use it as a way to use up bits and bobs of everything. I just call it Pasta Bake. Oddly, there is never any leftovers from it.
OH my gosh, this looks so yummy! Thank you! You are making me very fat
I love casseroles. Like you say, quick and easy. This one looks very tasty!
Simple and delicious is a hard dish to beat. Your shot of it made me hungry.