Spaghetti Pie

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 4 ounces spaghetti, uncooked
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup nonfat parmesan cheese
• 8 ounces extra lean beef, ground
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 8 ounces tomato sauce, canned
• 1 teaspoon oregano, crushed
• 1 cup low fat cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup lowfat mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions:

1. Cook spaghetti for 10 to 12 minutes or until tender but still firm.
2. Drain well.
3. Return spaghetti to saucepan.
4. Stir in egg and Parmesan cheese. In a medium skillet, cook ground beef, onion, green pepper, garlic and fennel till meat is browned and onion is tender.
5. Drain fat. Stir in tomato sauce and oregano; heat through.
6. Spray a 9" pie plate with nonstick cooking spray.
7. Press spaghetti mixture onto bottom and up sides of pie plate, forming a crust. Spread cottage cheese on bottom and up sides of crust. Spread meat mixture over cottage cheese. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or till bubbly.

Reviews

[starsugarb]

Good, good, good. My husband thinks he does not like cottage cheese, yet I sneak it into meals all of the time. This was another example of a dish he loved that contained cottage cheese. We ate it all up!

[Chef #374195]

We enjoyed this recipe. I used about 3/4 lb. ground beef, used a red pepper instead of green, used an 8 oz. can hot and spicy pizza sauce instead of tomato sauce. Put it in a 10 inch pie plate. Put mozzarella cheese slices on top. Will make it again.

[Doxie Mama 26]

Ok, most everyone that rated this recipe has used spaghetti sauce, which is not listed as a ingredient. I followed the recipe(except I didn't have the fennel seed) and the sauce was bland. Didn't care for the cottage cheese in it either. WISH EVERYONE WOULD FOLLOW THE RECIPE AS WRITTEN, then adjust it the second time around. Sorry, just being honest.