Spaghetti "Lasagna" Bake

This is an awesome recipe I found for spaghetti that’s prepared and tastes like lasagna. It’s an easy dinner to make beforehand, as long as you keep it in the fridge until you are ready to bake.

Here are most of the ingredients I used:

All the ingredients. Onion not pictured

Start off by putting a pot of water to boil and then breaking the spaghetti in half.

Once the water is boiling, cook the pasta. I cook mine 10 minutes and add oil and salt to the water. I don’t cook the spaghetti al dente for this recipe, so that it doesn’t soak up all the sauce.

While cooking pasta, heat oil and cook onions for eight to ten minutes. Add minced garlic to the onions and cook for 1 more minute. Turn off the flame.

Once the pasta is cooked, drain and set aside.

In the same pot as you cook the pasta, melt the butter. When melted, toss with pasta.

In the onion pan, add pasta sauce, cinnamon, onion & garlic powders, crushed red pepper, black pepper, and salt. Mix well. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, whisk eggs and mix in cottage cheese. Set aside.

Now, it’s time to get out your 9×13 pan and start layering!

After you grease the pan, add half of the spaghetti. Then add half of the cottage cheese mixture, half of the pasta sauce mixture, then 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese.

Repeat.

Finally, cover the pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes at 350°.

ENJOY! Sorry for not posting a final product picture. We were too busy digging in!

This recipe yields well around ten servings. Freeze for future leftovers!

 

Here’s the full recipe and a PDF link for easy printing/saving.

Spaghetti Lasagna Bake (print me!)

Serves ten

Ingredients:

• 1 lb spaghetti
• 1 TBSP olive oil
• 1 chopped onion
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce (any variety, 24 oz)
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder OR garlic salt
• ½ TBSP crushed red pepper
• Black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• 5 TBSP melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tub cottage cheese (16 oz)
• 4 cups mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Cook the pasta for ten minutes and drain.
2. Heat oil and cook onions for eight to ten minutes.
3. Add minced garlic to the onions and cook for 1 more minute. Turn off the flame.
4. Melt butter. When melted, toss with pasta.
5. Add pasta sauce, cinnamon, onion & garlic powders, crushed red pepper, black pepper, and salt to the onions. Mix well. Set aside.
6. In a mixing bowl, whisk eggs and mix in cottage cheese. Set aside.
7.  Grease a 9×13 pan, add half of the spaghetti. Then add half of the cottage cheese mixture, half of the pasta sauce mixture, then 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese.
8. Repeat: spaghetti, cottage cheese mixture, pasta sauce mixture, 2 cups mozzarella cheese.
9. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes at 350°.

 

Additions: You can add cooked ground meat to the pasta sauce mixture. Another alternative is to add sliced mushrooms to the pasta sauce.

Original recipe personalized by me from Taste of Home and Budget Savvy Diva

 

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