Pizza Spaghetti

Terri Newell's Note:

This is from the busy cooks forum on about.com. It makes a large casserole, and it can be frozen up to 3 months.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 1 lb hamburger
• 1 onion , diced
• 1 green pepper , diced
• 1 cup mushroom , sliced (may substitute 1 can mushroom pieces and stems)
• 26 ounces spaghetti sauce
• 8 ounces tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning mix
• 1 lb spaghetti , raw, broken in 2-inch pieces
• ¾ cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 5 ounces pepperoni , sliced
• 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese or 2 cups mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Cook and drain hamburg, onion, green pepper and mushrooms.
2. Add spaghetti sauce, tomato paste and Italian spice.
3. Let simmer while preparing pasta.
4. Cook spaghetti until tender; drain.
5. Mix milk and eggs; add spaghetti.
6. In 9x13 pan, layer pasta, pepperoni and meat sauce 2 times.
7. Bake with cover at 350 about 40 minutes. Remove cover, top with cheeses and bake about 5 minutes to melt. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.
8. To freeze, let casserole cool, then cover tightly and freeze up to 3 months.
9. To use frozen casserole, let thaw in fridge overnight. Bake with cover at 350 about 40 minutes. Top with cheese, bake 10 minutes.

Reviews

[mommyof 3]

This recipe was very yummy and my family loved it. I did put a layer of cheese in the middle on the beef mixture because we love cheese! This is a keeper and thanks for posting!