I had been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from both my original cookbook which many of you have, and additional accumulated recipes that never got published. This isn’t the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. These recipes are comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Sunday, February 15, 2015

Katie’s Pasta Bake

1 (8 ounce) package rotini, penne, ziti, or spaghetti, cooked
2 tablespoons olive oil (or butter or margarine)
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1 larger carton ricotta cheese OR cottage cheese (24 - 32 oz.)
1 pound ground beef
2 (25.75 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
          
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a 13x9  baking pan with non-stick aluminum foil with non-stick side toward food.
        
Brown ground beef, drain; add pasta sauce and heat until bubbly.  Spread some in the bottom of the lined pan.  Combine hot cooked pasta with olive oil or butter; stir until butter melts and coats pasta. Add 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese; stir to coat.    Arrange pasta in an even layer in foil-lined pan on top of the first sauce layer. Spread ricotta cheese evenly over pasta. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.  Add rest of spaghetti meat sauce.  Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining Parmesan cheese.  Cover with non-stick foil. Bake 30 minutes. Remove foil cover and continue baking 15 minutes or until cheese is lightly browned.  Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

 Katie's Spaghetti Bake--a recipe from Reynolds Aluminum, adjusted to Katie's liking.  Katie and Grandma made it for the family to enjoy at a baby shower for Amelia, Justin, Gracelynn and new baby Justin McLain, Jr., in March 2015.         
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