Easy Spaghetti Casserole

Recipe Cuisine: Casseroles
Recipe Category: Casseroles
Recipe Serves: 8

Recipes Ingredients:

1 1/2 c Ground chuck
1 ts Basil
1 lg Onion, chopped
1 ts Oregano
1 lg Green pepper, chopped
1 Bay leaf
1/2 lb Fresh mushrooms, sliced
3/4 ts Salt
2 cl Garlic, minced
1/4 ts Pepper
1 cn 35 oz Italian peeled tomatos
1 lb Spaghetti,linguine, or
-coarsely chopped and juice
-fettucine
-reserved 2
c Shredded cheddar cheese
1 cn 12 oz tomato sauce
1 c Bread crumbs

Recipe Instructions:

1. In a 5-6 qt. dutch oven, cook the ground chuck, onion, peppers, mushrooms, and Garlic over medium-high heat, stirring often to break up lumps of meat, until Beef loses its pink color (about 8 min.) 2. Add tomatoes with their juice, tomato sauce, basil, oregano, bay leaf and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring often, until slightly thickened about 20 min. 3. Meanwhile, in a large pot of lightly salted water, cook Spaghetti until just tender, about 9 minutes. Drain well. 4. Preheat Oven to 350F. Add spaghetti, and 1 cup of Cheese to the sauce; stir gently to mix. Transfer to a lightly oiled very large Baking dish. Sprinkle with Bread crumbs and remaining Cheese on top. 5. Bake until top is lightly browned and Casserole is bubbling; about 30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. NOTE: If you like black olives, you can add 1 small can of sliced olives in step 4 to the sauce. Source: Linda Fields' homemade goodies Typed for you by: Linda Fields, Cyberealm BBS Watertown, NY 1993 315-786-1120