Baked Spaghetti Bread

Marley has been begging for spaghetti for a long time. I'm not a big fan of just spaghetti so when I saw this recipe for Baked Spaghetti Bread on Pinterest, I decided I would make the child happy. 

1 Loaf Rhodes Bread Dough, thawed to room temperature 

6 oz spaghetti, cooked 

1 cup thick spaghetti sauce 

8 oz mozzarella cheese 

1 egg white 

Parmesan cheese 

Parsley flakes

Roll bread out into a large square. Place spaghetti, sauce and cheese in the center.

Cut one inch strips into dough down the side and within 1/2 inch of the spaghetti.

Braid strips and fold up the ends. 

Brush with egg white and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and parsley. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before digging in. 

It was so good! 

Marley actually had two servings which doesn't happen very often. I think next time I will make the spaghetti like I do for my spaghetti pie recipe with the eggs and cheese mixed in with the spaghetti. 

Baked Penne

I had some of the Philadelphia cooking cream in the 'fridge that I got cheap with a coupon that was about to expire so I headed to pinterest to find a recipe to use it in. Of course, it didn't take me long to find this recipe for baked penne. 

1/2 lb. ground beef 

1/2 cup chopped onions 

1 jar(24 oz.) spaghetti sauce

1 tub(10 oz.) Philadelphia Italian Cheese and Herb Cooking Creme

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

3 cups cooked penne pasta

Preheat oven to 350. Brown ground beef and onions. Drain grease. 

Pour in spaghetti sauce, 3/4 cup cooking creme and 1/2 cup mozzarella

Cook for 2-3 minutes until mozzarella cheese is melted. 

Mix in the pasta and stir until mixed well. 

Pour into baking dish and put remaining cooking cream and mozzarella on top. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

Mike's exact words after eating it was "this is like Olive Garden" I guess he really liked it! It was so good. I usually don't like a lot of pasta sauce but this was perfect because it had the cooking cream mixed in. I will definitely be making this again soon! 

Pizza Casserole

This is the second time I've made this recipe. However, the first time was well over a year ago before I even started my blog.

Pizza Casserole (original recipe found here)

1 bag egg noodles

1 package pepperoni

1 1/2 pound hamburger meat (browned and drained)

large jar of spaghetti sauce (I used two small ones)

Cheese ( I used provolone but mozzarella is good too)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Boil noodles until soft. Drain. 

Add thin layer of sauce to bottom of 9x13 inch baking dish

Layer half of the noodles on top. Next, layer half the meat. Then half of the sauce. Rest of the noodles and half of the cheese. 

Next layer the rest of the meat, rest of the sauce and rest of the cheese. Your final layer is pepperoni. 

Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for 15 more minutes. 

Let cool for 10-15 minutes. 

It's so good! 

Spaghetti Pie

This isn't a pinterest recipe, it's a recipe from my mom. I'm not sure where she got it but she started making it when I was still living at home. I haven't made it in the longest time, but now that I recently made it I wanted to share it because it's SO GOOD!!

1 (16oz) box of spaghetti noodles

3 eggs

1 tsp. salt

1 (24oz) container of cottage cheese

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

1 jar spaghetti sauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Boil noodles to package instructions. Drain and let cool. Spray 9x13 inch dish with cooking spray and set aside.

In large bowl whisk together eggs and salt. Add mozz. and parm. cheese.

Add egg mix to noodles and mix together, making sure to coat all the noodles.

Pour noodle mixture into prepared dish and spread evenly.

Add layer of cottage cheese over noodles, spreading evenly. Add spaghetti sauce to the top and spread evenly also.

I added some more mozz. cheese to the top because I believe there's no such thing as too much cheese.

Cover with foil. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 10 minutes.

YUM!!