Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti

This baked cream cheese spaghetti casserole is comfort food at its best. Easy to make, amazingly cheesy, and so creamy! A family-favorite!

I know. It’s the day after Labor Day, we’re just about to start football season, and I post this instead of some sort of post-Labor-Day-juice-cleanse-quinoa-health-kick type recipe.

Sorry guys, but you’ll need your stretchy pants for this.

It’s pure comfort food at its best – so no. It is not diet-friendly. It is not skinny. It is not light. It’s just the best kind of spaghetti.

It’s a cozy casserole with layers of pasta noodles, cream cheese and sour cream, and a meaty-marinara sauce, baked to cheesy perfection.

It’s enough to feed a crowd or feed a party of two all week long. You win either way.

Baked Cream Cheese Spaghetti

Yield: 8 servings

Prep: 15 minutes minutes

Cook: 25 minutes minutes

Total: 40 minutes minutes

This baked cream cheese spaghetti casserole is comfort food at its best. Easy to make, amazingly cheesy, and so creamy! A family-favorite!

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Ingredients

• 1 pound spaghetti
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 small onion, diced
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon dried parsley
• ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
• ½ cup whipped cream cheese
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
• ½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9×13 baking dish or coat with nonstick spray.
• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add ground beef and onion and cook until beef has browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Drain excess fat.
• Stir in crushed tomatoes, basil, oregano, parsley and red pepper flakes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• In a small bowl, whisk together cream cheese and sour cream.
• Add pasta to the prepared baking dish and layer with cream cheese and beef mixture; sprinkle with cheeses.
• Place into oven and bake until bubbly and heated through, about 15-20 minutes.
• Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.

Course: Main Course

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