Kathie's Spaghetti Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 ounces spaghetti, cooked and broken into 2-inch pieces
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 12 ounces tomato paste
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon oregano, dried
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 24 ounces cottage cheese (nonfat is fine)
• 3 3/4 cups ground beef, cooked
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded

Recipe

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• 1 assembly directions:.
• 2 cook spaghetti till slightly underdone. drain and place in 9x13 inch pan or two 8-inch pie dishes. add melted butter/margarine, egg and parmesan cheese. add salt and pepper to taste. mix thoroughly and then spread evenly in bottom of pan or dishes. layer cottage cheese on top of spaghetti.
• 3 combine tomato paste, water, oregano, garlic powder, and sugar in bowl. add cooked ground beef. layer tomato and beef mixture onto cottage cheese. top with shredded mozzarella cheese.

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• 4 freezing and cooking directions:.
• 5 to freeze: wrap casserole in freezer paper or put pan into 2-gallon freezer bag. label and freeze.
• 6 to serve: thaw casserole dish. bake covered at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
• 7 frozen casserole may be baked for 55-60 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 8 comments:.
• 9 if you don’t want to tie up your dishes you can also line your pan with sprayed heavy-duty plastic wrap. assemble the casserole and open freeze. pop the block out of the pan and finish wrapping in plastic wrap.
• 10 put into freezer bag, label and freeze.
• 11 to serve: unwrap frozen block and put back into casserole dish to thaw in refrigerator. bake following directions above.
• 12 *1 lb. uncooked ground beef = 2 1/2 cups cooked beef.