Spaghetti Pie
Add a fruit salad or dessert, and this recipe provides the basis for a MyPlate meal: Protein, Grain, Vegetable, and Dairy food groups.
Photo by Marusa Jonas
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces spaghetti, uncooked
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 2 cups spaghetti sauce
- 2 Tablespoons margarine, melted
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 cup non-fat cottage cheese
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Directions:
- Wash hands with soap and water.
- Preheat oven to 350 ⁰F. Spray a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Cook spaghetti following package directions.
- While spaghetti is cooking, brown ground beef until internal temperature reaches 160°F on food thermometer. Drain fat. Add spaghetti sauce to ground beef and mix well.
- Drain spaghetti when done. Break eggs into a shallow dish. Wash hands with soap and water after cracking raw eggs. Stir margarine, eggs, and Parmesan cheese into spaghetti. Mix well. Form a crust in the prepared pie plate using the spaghetti mixture.
- Spread cottage cheese over spaghetti crust. Top with hamburger mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Sprinkle Mozzarella cheese on top. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
- Store leftovers in a sealed container up to four days in the refrigerator.
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