Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 cup)
  • Calories:
  • 377
  • Fat:
  • 21 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 11 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 130 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 544 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 24 g
  • Fiber:
  • 3 g
  • Protein:
  • 22 g
Contest Winning Recipe

Spinach-Beef Spaghetti Pie

With its angel hair pasta crust, this cheesy ground beef, tomato and spinach pie is always a hit when I serve it. Each neat slice has layers of pasta, cream cheese filling and spinach topping. —Carol Hicks Pensacola, Florida

SERVINGS

6-8

CATEGORY

Main Dish

METHOD

Baked

PREP

20 min.

COOK

20 min.

TOTAL

40 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 6 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
  • 1 jar (14 ounces) meatless spaghetti sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning
  • 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
  • 1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

DIRECTIONS

Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Add eggs and Parmesan cheese. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.
    Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
    Between two pieces of waxed paper, roll out cream cheese into a 7-in. circle. Place in crust. Top with spinach and meat sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. bake at 350° for 20-30 minutes or until set. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Oct 13, 2008

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