Delicious Baked Spaghetti Casserole – spaghetti, egg, parmesan, cottage cheese, sausage/hamburger, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, spices and mozzarella – SOOO good! Baked pasta topped with a quick homemade sauce. Makes a great freezer meal!
This Baked Spaghetti Casserole is SOOOO GOOD! Seriously! It might be my favorite baked spaghetti recipe on the blog. This was recommended by my parents. They ate it and just raved about it. We had to give it a try!
This recipe makes enough for 6 people. I was skeptical because this was made in an 8×8 pan, but it was enough for 6 servings. We ate this for dinner and lunch the next day. I froze the last two pieces and we ate them on another night. It tasted great every time!
Yield: serves 6
Spaghetti Casserole
prep time: 10 MINScook time: 25 MINStotal time: 35 mins
ingredients:
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7-oz spaghetti
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1 egg
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½ cup grated parmesan cheese (green can)
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1 cup non-fat cottage cheese
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1 lb sausage
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2 Tbsp dried minced onion flakes
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1 garlic clove, minced
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1 (14.5-oz) crushed tomatoes
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1 (6-oz) can tomato paste
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1 tsp sugar
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1 tsp dried oregano
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½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
instructions:
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Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray an 8×8 pan with cooking spray.
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Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Drain. Toss spaghetti with egg and parmesan cheese. Place in 8×8 pan. Spread cottage cheese over spaghetti mixture.
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Cook sausage, onion and garlic until sausage crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain. Add sausage back to skillet and stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar and oregano. Cook until thoroughly heated. Spread over cottage cheese mixture. Top with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes.
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Any way possible you could re post your cream cheese spaghetti casserole recipe?? Or email out to me.. mjgaines89@yahoo.com
Make this tonight, Ladies! I made it Saturday for dinner and it will knock your socks off. I did make it with Johnsonville Italian Sausage and both tomato products had Italian herbs and I substituted dried Italian seasoning for the plain Oregano. It is wonderful and your family will love it. Thank you Steph for such a good recipe.
Stacey – I would add about 10-15 minutes to the baking time and keep the temperature at 350.
Thanks! Love your blog. These are my favorite recipes on Ziplist.
If I made this and froze it, how long and at what temp would you recommend I cook it to heat it?
Sounds fabulous! My kids don't like baked spaghetti, tetrazzini, etc. I don't know what the hell is wrong with them 😉
Vicky – ricotta would be a great substitute for the cottage cheese.
Do you think subbing Ricotta Cheese instead of cottage cheese would work? I just can't bring myself to even look at cottage cheese – silly, I know!
YUM! This looks like dinner tonight!
Jennifer – I just used regular breakfast sausage because that is what I had on hand. I think Italian Sausage would be delicious too!
I'll be trying this out soon! My mom has been talking about baked spaghetti for like the last week haha, I'll pass it along to her as well!
Do you use bulk Italian sausage or regular breakfast sausage?
I just tried your baked cream cheese spaghetti the other night, and it was so good. I will have to try this one too!
Yum, I love recipes like this, especially on the days I have to work. The flavors just get better and better.
It does look seriously good.
Out tomorrow. Have a happy weekend.
Thank you – looks and sound delish!
I love baked spaghetti and this one looks so good. Am anxious to try it. Thanks for sharing the recipe. N.