SOUTHERN BAKED SPAGHETTI RECIPES

Steps:

• For the Sauce: In a food processor, blend tomatoes and next five ingredients. Transfer mixture to a saucepan and add bay leaf, tomato paste and sugar.
• Cook over med-low heat, reducing heat to low once it starts to boil. Cover and allow to simmer while you prepare meat and noodles.
• For the Beef: Heat skillet of med-high heat and brown meat, adding basil, protein powder, salt and pepper (to season meat).
• Drain. Return skillet to stovetop and saute onions and bell pepper sans meat. Add meat to veggie mixture. Set aside.
• For the noodles: Cook them, al dente!
• For the Whole Shabang: Put cream cheese into sauce and mix until melted; add meat and olives. Add noodles to meat and sauce mixture.
• Pour into a casserole dish, 9x13, that has been sprayed with cooking spray or olive oil spray.Make sure to remove bay leaf! Add shredded cheese to top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15- 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a stockpot, combine the tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, onions, peppers, garlic, parsley, seasoning mixtures, sugar, and bay leaves.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, and then reduce the heat and let simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
• Crumble the ground beef in a large skillet.
• Cook over medium-high heat until fully cooked, with no pink color remaining.
• Drain the fat from the meat, and then add the ground beef to the stockpot.
• Simmer for 20 more minutes.
• Cook the pasta according to the package directions.
• Cover the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan with sauce.
• Add a layer of pasta and then a little less than 1/2 of each cheese; repeat the layers, ending with the sauce.
• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Top the casserole with the remaining cheese, return it to the oven, and continue to cook until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 5 more minutes.
• Cut into squares before serving.
• House Seasoning: Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.