Million Dollar Spaghetti

When all else fails — make spaghetti.

Isn’t that the truth?  When your day doesn’t go as planned, but you still need dinner, you can always make spaghetti.

When you have carved out enough time out of your day to prepare a meal for your family, but then a friend calls and took up that time, you can always make spaghetti.

Lucky for you, today’s post is about spaghetti.

Oh.

But not ordinary spaghetti.

Million. Dollar. Spaghetti.

What if you didn’t have to make just spaghetti but could make Million Dollar Spaghetti?  Even though your kids might call it ba-sketti, they might nominate you for mother of the year award – if only you made Million Dollar Spaghetti.  Your husband might pick you up and twirl you around and plant a kiss on your forehead – if only you made Million Dollar Spaghetti.  Neighbors would want you to join their garden club, card club and Junior League Society – if only you made Million Dollar Spaghetti.

Well, here’s your chance to become all you’ve ever dreamed you could be, because now you too can make Million Dollar Spaghetti pinned from Being Grown Up.

Here we go with the ingredients lineup:

*1 lb of ground beef

*1 jar of spaghetti sauce

*8 oz of cream cheese

*1/4 cup sour cream

*1/2 lb cottage cheese

*1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

*1 pkg spaghetti 16 oz

*Grated cheddar cheese

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 350°. Boil your spaghetti noodles until al dente (firm).  Drain and set aside until ready to assemble.

Combine the cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese until well blended.

Brown  your hamburger and when done, drain well.  Combine the hamburger with your spaghetti sauce.

Ready for assembly?

1.  Put a few slices of butter into a 9×13 pan then pour half of your spaghetti noodles on top.

2.  Take your cream cheese mixture and pour on top of the noodles. Spread well over noodles.

Okay, minor confession here.  If you look closely, you will not see any noodles underneath my cream cheese mixture.  That’s because I messed up and poured this  in first before my noodles.  AACK!  Don’t you hate when you do that?.  Yeah, so I scooped it out, put my noodles in and then spread the cream cheese mixture on the noodles.

AGAIN.

Alright.  Now we can proceed.

3. Pour the rest of the noodles on top of the cream cheese mixture.  Put a few more slices of butter on top of the noodles.  And no, this is not a Paula Deen recipe!4. Pour your spaghetti and meat sauce on top of your noodles:

Now it is ready to put into the oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, pour the desired amount of grated cheese on top and return to the oven for 15 minutes to allow cheese to melt.So when your day is crazy and all else fails – make spaghetti.

Million. Dollar. Spaghetti.

Your family will think you slaved away in the kitchen all day.  It will be our little secret.

This Pin Rocks!

 

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