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Italian Baked Spaghetti Recipe

Italian Baked Spaghetti Recipe with Ground Beef.

This pasta casserole is the perfect comfort food dinner!

Ground beef, onion, garlic, spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and Mozzarella cheese.

The kids will love this!

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Italian Baked Spaghetti

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Italian Baked Spaghetti Recipe. A great pasta comfort food dinner. Ground beef, onion, garlic, spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and Mozzarella cheese. Kid Friendly!

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Total Time 1 15

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Servings

Equipment

Ingredients

non-stick cooking spray
1 lb 96% lean ground beef
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
4 cups no-sugar added spaghetti sauce
12 oz whole-wheat spaghetti
4 cups 1% cottage cheese
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese divided
2½ cups part-skim mozzarella cheese divided

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375° F
Prepare a 9×13 casserole dish by spraying with non-stick cooking spray
In a large skillet, add ground beef, garlic, and onion. Brown.
Using a colander, drain off fat. Return to skillet.
Stir in spaghetti sauce and simmer.
In a saucepan, cook the spaghetti according to package directions.
In the meantime, in a mixing bowl, add cottage cheese, ¼ cup parmesan cheese, and 2 cups mozzarella cheese. Stir to mix.
In the prepared casserole dish, layer 1 cup of the ground beef mixture, then ½ of the spaghetti, ½ of the cheese mixture, then ½ of the remaining ground beef mixture. Repeat.
Cover the dish with foil.
In preheated oven, bake 45 minutes. Uncover, add the rest of the cheese, and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Let stand for 10 minutes.