Spasagne

I think I found this recipe on www.plainchicken.com.  It's a nice combination of spaghetti and lasagna! I have made my fair share of spaghetti but never lasagna. Now this has become a family favorite and now no one wants spaghetti or pink spaghetti any more! I also made it for a potluck and everyone LOVED it and wanted the recipe. Bonus: it serves a ton!

Spasagne (serves easily 12-24)

Ingredients

24 oz spaghetti noodles
2 (15oz) jars garlic Alfredo sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 (26oz) jar spaghetti sauce (I have used different ones but meat flavor is great!)
1 lb Italian sausage or ground beef (I mixed some of both and it was delish!)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cook spaghetti according to directions, drain.

3. In the empty pot you just cooked the spaghetti in, stir together Alfredo sauce, mozzarella cheese, milk and Italian seasoning. Add spaghetti and stir until well coated.

4. Pour spaghetti mixture into 9x13 that has been coated with non-stick spray. (I used the 10x15 for a potluck and could have served 24 as it is not as thick as would have been in a 9x13).

5. Sprinkle top of spaghetti with Parmesan cheese.

6. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350.

7. While pasta is in the oven, brown the meat in a frying pan. Drain and return to frying pan. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer.

8. Remove pasta from the oven. Cut into squares and top with some meat sauce.

NOTE: I just pour the whole thing of meat sauce on top of the baked pasta and spread it evenly over the pasta. That way each serving is basically the same and you don't run out of meat sauce, especially if you're at a pot luck.

Serve with some buttered corn, side salad and garlic bread! Delish!