Baked Spaghetti 2.0

 

My homemade baked spaghetti with yummy garlic knots that you can find here. 

Ingredients:

• 16 oz box of angel hair spaghetti (or your choice of pasta)
• 2 - 16 oz packages of ground Italian sausage
• 24 oz jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
• 15 oz carton of ricotta cheese
• 6 oz jar of 4C Homestyle Parmesan Romano cheese
• 1 oz packet of Ranch dressing mix
• 12 slices of BelGioioso sliced fresh mozzarella

The method:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brown the Italian sausage in a large skillet, breaking it up into finer pieces as it browns.
2. While the sausage is browning, bring your water to a boil for the pasta and cook according to the package directions. Let thoroughly drain.
3. Once the sausage is browned, drain any grease and pour in the spaghetti sauce. Simmer on low for 20 minutes.
4. In a bowl, mix the ricotta cheese, parmesan/romano cheese, and ranch dressing mix.
5. In a 9x13 pan, spread the cooked pasta on the bottom of the pan. Next spread the ricotta mixture, followed by the spaghetti sauce with sausage. Finally, lay the slices of mozzarella on top.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until the cheese on top has browned a little and the spaghetti concoction is bubbling. Enjoy!

This is also something that freezes well to make ahead and cook later. If you're not a fan of Italian sausage, hamburger meat works well in it's place or no meat at all. You could also try different cheeses with this. Seriously, there's a lot of ways you can switch it up. Actually as I was typing all of this out, my youngest child said that he'd like to have mushrooms in it, also.