I don't know what triggered this memory, but I started thinking back to my soccer days in high school. Before every play-off game, we would always meet at my coaches house for dinner. His speciality was an infamous "spaghetti casserole." I figured this would be the perfect dish to make for the roomies, if I could figure out the recipe.
I searched around online and found variations of different "spaghetti casseroles," finally picking one. The hardest part was deciding between cream cheese, sour cream, or cream of mushroom soup. All of which can apparently be interchanged for one another. I chose cream cheese and deemed it a success.
Both of my roommates loved it, it was pretty easy to make, and we had tons of leftovers (lunch tomorrow!). To make it healthier, I used whole wheat spaghetti, reduced fat cream cheese and parmesan cheese, and ground turkey (instead of ground beef). All in all costing me less than $10.
RECIPE
12 oz whole wheat spaghetti
1 (28 ounce) jars prepared spaghetti sauce
1 lb ground turkey
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 clove garlic, minced
8 ounces reduced fat cream cheese
1/2 cup reduced fat parmesan cheese, grated
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 F 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 9x13" 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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