This is a really easy, really great casserole. It takes less than an hour from start to finish. You can also use canned spaghetti sauce to make it even quicker.
1 lb ground meat: hamburger, turkey, etc
1 onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tablespoon italian seasoning
1 large can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes (or 2 fresh tomatoes)
1 package of pasta
3 large handfuls of fresh spinach
Shredded or grated mozzerella and parmesan cheese
Cook pasta according to package instructions. Brown hamburger with onion. Add the spices. When meat is cooked thoroughly add the diced tomatoes, stir in tomato sauce. Cover and let simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
Put one ladle of sauce in bottom of 9x13 pan. Roll the pan so the sauce spreads across the bottom. Add a layer of noodles, spinach, sauce, cheese. Repeat until everything is used up. Cover pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
3 comments:
This is an honest question--I'm not trying to be obnoxious. What's the advantage of putting this in casserole form over cutting out the layering and baking time and just serving the sauce over the pasta and spinach with cheese?
The advantage is only if you have all the stuff already made, and are sick of spaghetti! (like we get over here) so its like a twice-baked spaghetti in all honesty.
On second thoughts, I guess you have to actually bake something a first time for it to be twice-baked...so maybe twice cooked is more appropriate?
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