It doesn’t look like much when you’re putting it together, but once Spaghetti Pie is baked it really does taste delicious and filling.
For those that don’t know, SRC (Secret Recipe Club) is a group of extremely talented bloggers, chefs, and food-thousiasts like myself. Once a month, we sign up to participate and once a month we’re assigned a fellow blogger in our group. Once we have found and created or re-created a recipe on the blog we are assigned, we create a post telling everyone about our assigned blogger, their blog, and the chosen recipe on our specified group reveal date.
Honestly, I’ve been looking to make a Spaghetti Pie for a while, but just never really got around to it. That is until now!
I was assigned Baking and Creating with Avril for this month’s SRC. I will be honest, it wasn’t easy finding a recipe that wasn’t already an SRC post, but I did stumble on this one when I started going through the history on the sidebar and NOT from the recipe box. A little trick…
Anyway.
Avril has a TON of baking recipes. They all look and sounds delicious. I have a few earmarked for creating or inspirations for later creations. But this recipe just screamed, “MAKE ME NOW!” So, I did.
This is a recipe you can throw together right now. I know it. It has such great pantry ingredients yet it is so so SO tasty! If you’re like me, you have pasta sauce in your pantry right now. And always have pasta on hand for any easy meal. Then there’s the herbs and spice. Given. And the cheese, maybe or maybe not. At least cottage cheese or ricotta depending on your tastes, and well, ALWAYS have mozzarella on hand. It’s so versatile! So, all you may need to purchase is ground turkey or use beef if you have it on hand.
This is almost like poor man’s lasagna. Just swap out lasagna noodles with pasta and voila! It has the flavor and taste to it. The layers of pasta and meet with cheese and sauce reminds me so much of lasagna, but without all the prep of cooking the lasagna noodles or using those no bake. Honestly, those never work for me; too watery.
Of course, I took it to a low fat level with my few adjustments. Yes, I omitted the butter. I swapped out ground beef with ground turkey and the ricotta with poor man’s ricotta (aka cottage cheese). Then topped it all with some fat free mozzarella.
This.is.da.bomb! Honestly.
Just look at all that cheesy, turkey, spaghetti-y goodness. Yeah, made that last one up.
But seriously, this was fabulous. It doesn’t look like much when you’re putting it together, but once it’s baked it really does taste delicious and filling. Granted, these photos don’t do it justice. It’s getting darker out so I’m losing my nice, natural light. Please don’t let the photos keep you from making this scrumptious dinner from your pantry.
So, if you’ve looking for something to bake up, head over to Avril’s blog. And if you’re looking for something quick and easy to throw together for dinner tonight, just keep reading!
Spaghetti Pie
By A recipe inspired by Baking and Creating with Avril
Published 10/27/2014
Ingredients
- 1 pound extra lean ground turkey
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 cup diced onion
- 28 ounces low fat spaghetti sauce
- 8 ounces uncooked spaghetti
- 1 cup fat free cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1 1/2 cups fat free mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Cook the noodles until al dente omitting the additional salt and fat. Drain and set aside.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onions. Cook the onions until tender; about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Crumble the ground turkey into the pan and brown, breaking up large pieces while browning. Once browned, remove from heat and drain any excess liquid.
- Combine the egg substitute with the cottage cheese, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, and 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese in a large mixing bowl. Add the pasta and toss well to combine.
- Spread the pasta mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 13 casserole dish covered with cooking spray. Top with the beef mixture.
- Pour the spaghetti sauce over the beef. Cover and bake 35 to 4 minutes or until bubbly and hot.
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Cool slightly before serving.
JJ - 84thand3rd says
How fun! Anything quick and hearty is a winner in my book. Great pick 🙂
Tara says
Love spaghetti pie! Great pick this month.
Rebecca Winkler says
Yum! Spaghetti pie is a cool idea!
Melissa @ Fried Ice and Donut Holes says
What an awesome meal for when you are craving comfort food! Awesome pick this month 🙂
Christie Campbell says
Thanks, Melissa! I truly is comfort food.
Kirstin says
Yum! I know what you mean when you find recipes and they were already an SRC pic 🙂 I try to make something from people's blog that wasn't already made (or at least not recently). I pinned this because it sounds so good.
Christie Campbell says
I'm the same way, Kirstin! It's a remake of a remake if you do that. I try to find original creations to make. More fun that way! And yes, it is delicious!
Couscous & Consciousness says
I had Avril's blog as my assignment a couple of months back – not sure how I came to miss this one. Love the idea of a quick and easy take of lasagne, and that you made it slightly "healthier".
Christie Campbell says
Thanks! I try to make them all so they fit in my nutrition plan. I noticed there were recipes not in the table of contents, so I started going through the history and found it.
amy (fearless homemaker) says
I absolutely LOVE comfort food like this! It looks and sounds right up my alley. Awesome choice for the SRC!
Christie Campbell says
Thanks, Amy! It really is comfort food.
Lauren Everson says
This is a perfect weeknight dinner. Great choice!
Christie Campbell says
Thanks, Lauren. It really was a delicious and easy weeknight meal.
Avril says
So glad you found this recipe and enjoyed it! 🙂
Christie Campbell says
I did, Avril! It reminded me that I need to finish filling in my Recipage for my table of contents.
Karen Kerr says
Christie, that sounds really good, and looks so decadent and filling!
Christie Campbell says
It was, Karen! And so frugal and delicious at the same time. I hope you try i!
Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel says
This looks awesome! Spaghetti is one of my favorite meals, and putting it in a pie just makes it so much fun!!
Christie Campbell says
We love spaghetti, too, but spaghetti pie was something I just never go around to make. It was fun to and so yummy!
Emily says
I don't know why I haven't made spaghetti pie either. It looks so good and easy. Perfect weeknight dinner. Happy Reveal Day!
Christie Campbell says
It truly is, Emily! A perfect pantry meal!
nicole says
Wow! I've never heard of spaghetti pie, but the idea of an easier lasagna sounds great!
Christie Campbell says
I've heard of it and I'm sure there's many versions, but this one was all I hope it was! Delicious!
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says
Mmmmm….spaghetti pie. ALWAYS welcome at the table! I really enjoyed exploring your blog as my project this month. Well done!
Christie Campbell says
Thanks, Dorothy! So happy you chose the sweet potato skins. They really are simple and delicious. I love that one!!
Wendy Klik says
YUMMO!!!!
Christie Campbell says
Thanks, Wendy!
Rebekah Hills says
Being in the midst of moving into our new house at the moment – this has DINNER TONIGHT written all over it. I need good, quick, pantry staple type recipes right now and this looks YUMMY! 🙂
Christie Campbell says
Rebekah, I could easily see how this would be a life saver for moving. It doesn't require many pans and cleans a few items out of the freezer/fridge. Hope you enjoy it!
SallyBR says
Spaghetti pie! Who could tell… amazing twist…
I hope you are having a great Reveal Day!
Christie Campbell says
Thank you, Sally! I loved this dish.