Spaghetti Pie

Add a fruit salad or dessert, and this recipe provides the basis for a MyPlate meal: Protein, Grain, Vegetable, and Dairy food groups. 

Slice of spaghetti pie
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients:

  • 6 ounces spaghetti, uncooked
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 2 cups spaghetti sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons margarine, melted
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1 cup non-fat cottage cheese
  • 1 cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions:

  1. Wash hands with soap and water.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 ⁰F. Spray a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  3. Cook spaghetti following package directions.
  4. While spaghetti is cooking, brown ground beef until internal temperature reaches 160°F on food thermometer. Drain fat. Add spaghetti sauce to ground beef and mix well.
  5. Drain spaghetti when done. Break eggs into a shallow dish. Wash hands with soap and water after cracking raw eggs. Stir margarine, eggs, and Parmesan cheese into spaghetti. Mix well. Form a crust in the prepared pie plate using the spaghetti mixture.
  6. Spread cottage cheese over spaghetti crust. Top with hamburger mixture.
  7. Bake for 20 minutes. Sprinkle Mozzarella cheese on top. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
  8. Store leftovers in a sealed container up to four days in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Information:

  • Serving Size (1/6 of recipe):
  • Calories 450
  • Total Fat 20g
  • Saturated Fat 8g
  • Cholesterol 130mg
  • Sodium 710mg
  • Total Carbohydrates 30g
  • Fiber 2g
  • Total Sugars 2g
  • Protein 36g
  • Vitamin A 15%
  • Vitamin C 10%
  • Calcium 30%
  • Iron 15%