Spaghetti Bake!

Last week, I was visiting Kelli's blog and she had made and posted a picture of a spaghetti dish--it looked wonderful. Sometimes, I will blog hop in need of a dinner idea--and this was just what I needed. I looked over the recipe and there were some ingredients I did not have on hand, like the cream----so I improvised and made a spaghetti bake of my own. I am also going to link to Kelli's spaghetti dish--because it was her post that inspired this post:)

I used one of my large baking dish and I smeared the bottom with spaghetti sauce (half a jar)--you can use what you like jar or homemade--I do both--this time I used jar.

I then browned some ground beef with some onion and drained the grease, I then added a whole jar of sauce--and let it simmer awhile.---I used spaghetti noodles broken up and cooked them just until they were al dente--then I added the drained noodles to the beef and sauce mixture.

I did not have cream so I made a bechamel sauce--and I know how much my husband prefers cheddar cheese to any kind of white cheese--so I added cheddar cheese to the white cream sauce---yes, just like the cheese sauce you would probably make for macaroni and cheese :)


Ricotta--I took a tub of ricotta and added the egg and parsley


After I smeared the bottom with spaghetti sauce I put a nice layer of the noodle mixture in the dish
I then spread the ricotta over the noodles

added the rest of the noodles and poured the bechamel sauce over those
I covered it with foil and baked it about 40 minutes at 350 degrees and then when my hubby was just about to walk in the door I topped it with mozzarella cheese and put it back in the oven on high until the cheese was bubbly and turning golden brown
Enjoy--we sure did!