Pizza ~ My absolute all-time favorite. Spaghetti ~ One of my other favorites.
Put them together?? Yes, please! I love with this Pizza Spaghetti Bake, I don't have to choose. I get the fabulous flavors of two of my favorites all wrapped up in one delicious dish.
You know what else I love about Pizza Spaghetti Bake?
Our whole family loves it, including our eight-year-old daughter.
Whenever I make this, I know for sure we're not going to have any whining at the dinner table.
You know the drill, right? ... You fix up a fabulous dinner, get it all served up and on the table, sit down all together, and then you hear it ... the dinnertime whine ... "Mommmmmmyyyyyyyy, I don't want that for dinner." Please tell me I'm not the only one who hears that?
I love with this Pizza Spaghetti Bake, I don't have to choose. I get the fabulous flavors of two of my favorites all wrapped up in one delicious dish.
Now, it's not all the time, as our daughter is a pretty adventurous eater as far as kids go. But I do still hear the dinnertime whine more often than I'd like.
But with this dinner, it's one time I know for sure the whine with dinner will be skipped.
There's one more thing I love about this dish, too ... not only is it delicious, but it also comes together quickly and easily enough to be a great weeknight meal choice.
Don't you love it when you find a meal like this? Yep, that's how this recipe has landed itself a spot as a regular on our meal planning list.
To make it, start by cooking up some spaghetti noodles, draining them, and putting them in the bottom of a baking dish.
Then simply pour on prepared pasta sauce and top with some ol' standby pizza toppings ... sausage crumbles, (turkey) pepperoni, and cheese. Sounds good to me!
Arrange a few pepperoni slices on the top ...
... and give it a good baking. It'll come out of the oven looking kind of like a pizza lasagna, but as you know ...
... there's something else hiding inside!
And that something happens to be some very tasty spaghetti, indeed. Which, I can pretty much guarantee when it comes to the kids, will take away that dinnertime whine.
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Pizza Spaghetti Bake
Ingredients
1 (12 oz.) box spaghetti (can use whole wheat)
1 tsp. salt
1 lb. mild pork sausage (or turkey sausage)
2 oz. (about 30 slices) regular or turkey pepperoni, halved
1 (26 oz.) jar basil & tomato pasta sauce
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
1 (8 oz.) package shredded Italian 5-cheese blend
Directions
Cook spaghetti, according to package directions, in water salted with the teaspoon of salt. Drain well and place in a lightly-greased 9x13" baking dish.
Brown sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and no longer pink. Drain and set aside. Wipe out skillet with a paper towel. Add pepperoni to skillet and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until slightly crisp (about 4 minutes).
Top spaghetti in the baking dish with sausage. Pour sauce over sausage. Arrange half of the pepperoni slices over the sauce; sprinkle evenly with cheeses. Arrange remaining pepperoni slices evenly over cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cheese should be melted and just beginning to brown. If cheese is browning too much, cover with foil part way through baking.
Cook spaghetti, according to package directions, in water salted with the teaspoon of salt. Drain well and place in a lightly-greased 9x13" baking dish.
Brown sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and no longer pink. Drain and set aside. Wipe out skillet with a paper towel. Add pepperoni to skillet and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until slightly crisp (about 4 minutes).
Top spaghetti in the baking dish with sausage. Pour sauce over sausage. Arrange half of the pepperoni slices over the sauce; sprinkle evenly with cheeses. Arrange remaining pepperoni slices evenly over cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cheese should be melted and just beginning to brown. If cheese is browning too much, cover with foil part way through baking.
Enjoy!
