Spaghetti Pie

Ingredients:

1 lb. ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 lb. spaghetti
1 28oz. jar spaghetti sauce
3 eggs
2 Tblsp. margarine
1/4 c. parmesan cheese
1/2 Tblsp. parsley
1 c. mozzarella cheese, shredded

Preheat oven to 350. Boil spaghetti according to package directions. Brown meat with chopped onion, drain. Add jar of spaghetti sauce to the meat. Put sauce in bottom of 2qt casserole dish and set aside. In a large bowl, beat the eggs and add margarine, parsley, parmesan and mozzarella, stir to mix. Add cooked, drained pasta to the egg and cheese mixture, stirring to coat. Carefully put pasta into casserole on top of the sauce. Cover and bake for 20-30 minutes.

We love this recipe - my sister Shari shared it with me years ago. Her version doesn't include onion. Also, instead of a casserole dish she cooks her spaghetti pie in a large skillet and inverts it onto a serving plate and serves it in pie slices. Either way you prepare it, it is delicious. You can use your favorite spaghetti sauce, whatever brand or flavor you prefer. Personally I like a sauce with mushrooms or a chunky garden sauce. I've made the pie up the night before and stuck it in the fridge so it would be ready to bake for dinner the next day so it's another great meal for busy evenings.