Monday, September 24, 2012

Cream Cheese Spaghetti

So I've found myself cooking with cream cheese a lot. I'm assuming its a coincidence, but who knows, it could be some strange sign of the apocalypse. But anyhow, I found this recipe online and decided to give it a try.
When I cook new things, I'm often weary, and warn my husband that it may be disastrous and to make sure there's a back-up pizza in the freezer. And, when I cook new things, I have to ask the husband what he thinks, and normally get "Its alright" in reply, and have to press if that means he'd like to have it again, if he would rather have it on rare occasions, and so forth.
This recipe, however, we ate while playing a card game together. And in the middle of my dealing, I heard "Oh, that's yummy." Unprovoked and unrequested feedback. So this is officially a great recipe in my book!

Cream Cheese Spaghetti

Ingredients
8oz uncooked spaghetti
1 can spaghetti sauce (26.5oz)
1/2 cup chopped green onion
8oz cream cheese
fresh grated parmesan
1 lb ground beef
1 tbs butter
1/3 cup chopped onion
2 tbs milk
french fried onion (small can)

Cook spaghetti according to package directions, drain, set aside.
Brown ground beef. Drain excess grease. Add spaghetti sauce to skillet and heat.
In a small glass bowl, combine onions, green onion and butter. Microwave for 4 minuteson high until soft. Add cream cheese and milk to vegetables and stir well. Should mix to sour cream consistency. If too thick, microwave again until desired thickness.
Using a 2 quart baking dish, assemble in the following order;
Thin layer of spaghetti sauce on bottom, spaghetti, cream cheese/vegetable mixture, spaghetti sauce, parmesan cheese (as much as you want).
Bake at 350ยบ for 25 minutes. Add fried onion and continue baking for an addition 5 minutes. Don't let the onion burn!

I'm not a gigantic fan of parmesan, so I used shredded monterey jack cheese instead. Still came out amazing!
In fact, while writing this blog entry, my husband came out during a break in his gaming and kissed my cheek, declaring "Just FYI, dinner was delicious."
O.O seriously. This dish was amazing. Try it.

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