Spaghetti Pie
Ingredients
- 1 package whole wheat linguine, 8 oz
- 1 pound lean ground turkey breast or beef
- 1 small onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Jar spaghetti sauce, 14 oz
- 1/2 tsp salt, optional
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 3 oz reduced-fat cream cheese
- 1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1-1/2 cups Cheddar – Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions, drain. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the ground turkey breast, onions, and garlic over medium heat until ground meet is no longer pink, 6-8 minutes. Break up the ground meet into crumbles, drain.
- Stir in spaghetti sauce, add pepper, salt optional. bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer uncovered for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- In a small bowl, mix cream cheese and sour cream until blended, stir in green onions.
- In a greased 11×7 inch baking dish, add sauce on bottom.
- Layer the spaghetti.
- Layer the cream cheese mixture.
- Layer the meat mixture.
- Top with cheese.
- Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Uncover, bake until cheese is bubbley, 5-10 minutes longer.
- We were using this for our work lunches, so we let cool down 20 to 30 minutes and remove from baking dish.
- Cut into portions.
- Cool thoroughly, bag up for the freezer.
- Or just server for dinner!
Notes
This casserole freezes and reheats beautifully in the microwave for our work lunches. Obviously, it makes for a tasty dinner just out of the oven, delicious!
