I am on the hunt for quick and easy casseroles. Several of my friends, at church, are currently taking turns providing meals and childcare for a friend’s family. Our friend, Janelle, is currently hospitalized with severe pneumonia (she has been in the hospital for one week). We are all taking turns providing care for her five children during the day, and provide meals while her husband is as work. It is kind of hectic to say the least. Also, once she is allowed to return home, her recovery will be slow and we will need to continue to help with meals and childcare. (All her five children are ages 6 and under.) Needless to say, I am running out of new ideas for meals to take. So, I bought one of those Taste of Home Casseroles mini magazines at the grocer’s checkout lane yesterday. I thought for sure I would find some new inspiration! I was correct. Wow, so many great recipes. I am going to make one of the dishes for my family tonight. We will be having Baked Spaghetti. If it goes well, I am sure I will be making it for Janelle’s family very soon.
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 cans (one 15 oz, one 8 oz) tomato sauce
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- uncooked spaghetti (one pound)
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese softened
- 2 cups (16 oz) cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 Tbsp minced chives
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1-1/2 tsp butter, melted
- finely grated Parmesan, to sprinkle on top
- In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat; drain. Add the tomato sauce, ,garlic powder and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, cook spaghetti; drain. In a small bowl combine the cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream and chives; beat well. Place half of spaghetti in a greased 9×13 glass baking dish. Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over top. Layer with remaining spaghetti and all of the beef mixture.
- Toss bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle bread crumb mixture and grated Parmesan over the top. Cover and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer until heated through.
I apologize for the missing serving in the picture. My daughter was so hungry, I dipped out her serving as soon as it was out of the oven. She loved it. 🙂

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Yum… Baked Spaghetti! I haven’t made this for a long time and your photo gave me a hankerin’ for some 🙂
A friend of mine makes this for all kinds of events. It’s really good!
Thanks for hosting the link party!
Hi Lisa,
Your Baked Spaghetti looks very good and would be a great casserole to take to a family. Thank you for hosting and have a great week!
Miz Helen
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My husband has been asking for this! I might have to give this recipe a try.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE baked spaghetti!!
Hi Lisa! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas…and a belated Happy, Blessed, Joy-filled New Year to you and yours. hugs, mb
Hi MB. Happy New Year to you and yours, too. 🙂
Sometimes we just need a little inspiration! I love Taste of Home Cookbooks!
You should try the Tuna Casserole that I posted last week….it’s super kid-friendly!!
I will make sure I mark that tuna casserole recipe. Thanks. 🙂
I hope your friend will get better soon….what a wonderful thing you and your friends are doing by making sure her family is well fed and taken care of in her presence.
Baked Spaghetti is a perfect dish especially for children. My boys love it.
Thank you for hosting again.
Hi Lisa, I shared my post on how to prepare for quick vegetable sides – including a recipe for honey-cinnamon butternut squash mash. Delicious 🙂
Thanks for hosting – have a great week!
HEY, friend. I finally remembered to post. Now… to remember how to connect back here. LOL!
I hope you will pop over. Trying to start a new housekeeping series….. Love ya!~
Well, look at you! I’ll head to your site next. 🙂
What a blessing you are to your friend!! I cannot imagine how stressed she must be NOT being at home – I know you are making it easier on her. I happen to be linking up a quick and easy casserole this week 🙂
http://blessedrootsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/lemon-tuna-and-rice
Thanks for hosting!
It seems like it will be spaghetti night! Spaghetti is so yummy, might have to whip that up for dinner. Looks good.
Kudos to you for helping out. We’re doing that with a friend at school who has been really sick for a long time now. Meal train is a great site to set up the helping hands meals. You’re right though that you run out of inspiration quickly. Here’s hoping she recovers quickly and fully.
We use CareCalendar online. I will have to check out Meal Train. Thanks. 🙂
This looks DELICIOUS Lisa!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you so much for hosting! Have a weekend filled with God’s abundant blessings!
That looks delicious!!!
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